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TIL that in 2016, a mother from the UK was banned from naming her daughter Cyanide.

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ADZYg TIL that three original transcripts of the minutes of the 1431 trial of Joan of Arc still exist.
W7YMo TIL that "The Black Cauldron" was the first Disney animated film to receive a PG rating. It was a box-office bomb.
8eMLb TIL about an expensive brothel in Paris called One-Two-Two with a pirate themed room that was fitted with a bed which mechanically swing like a boat with jets of water drenching the occupants mimicking sex in a leaky boat.
78GKr TIL about Arnulf Fuhrmann, who planned to make Uruguay and Argentina Nazi colonies but failed
1L6P TIL that the first Pastafarian wedding took place in New Zealand in April. The guests wore eye patches and it took place on a pirate ship.