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TIL 35% of children share their bed with a pet.

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ADexn TIL that Sister Rosetta Tharpe pioneered many of the guitar techniques fundamental to modern rock/metal as early as the 30s and 40s
BrO1L TIL about Blanche Monnier. She Spent 25 Years Locked in an Attic, just because she had a Boyfriend and hadn’t seen sunlight during her entire captivity
kOKlE TIL about Taxi Dance Halls of the late 1920s and early '30s where lonely men looking for human contact paid 10 cents a song to dance with women for a few minutes. In 1931, there were at least 100 taxi dance halls in New York, visited by up to 50,000 men each week.
yQdGp TIL in 1987, Steve Rothstein purchased an AAirpass ticket for $233,509. During the 10 years Rothstein owned the pass, he flew more than 10 million miles, earned over 40 million frequent flier miles (all of which he gave away) and made more than 500 trips to England, costing the company $21 million.
d8mxK TIL of "The Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory who may have murdered over 650 women. She was given house arrest instead of execution because of her nobility.