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TIL Edgar Allen Poe married his 13 year old cousin at 27. His obsession with her and her early death, led to him becoming an alcoholic ,a laudanum addict, and the creation of his best known poems "Annabell Lee", "The Raven", and "Ligeia"

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168KV TIL the 1900 Summer Olympics had mail coach driving as an equestrian event. The contestants drove mail coaches drawn by four horses each, with the winners determined by a jury.
EALw TIL After being beaten and arrested by police for being gay, Stonewall rioter Raymond Castro was placed in the back of a paddy wagon. The wagon was already filled with three members of the Mafia, who reassured him “don’t worry kid, you’re ok in our book.”
ADQQl TIL that Marilyn Monroe viewed Abraham Lincoln as a father figure once saying “Most people can admire their fathers, but I never had one. I need someone to admire. My father is Abraham Lincoln…I mean I think of Lincoln as my father. He was wise and kind and good. He is my ideal, Lincoln. I love him”
e0rW6 TIL Germany’s censorship laws in video games are so strict that they are not allowed to show violence or death of any kind. To get around this, enemies in video games are changed from humans to robots, so that when they are shot, there is technically no blood or death shown on screen
WknkN TIL Noted author Neil Gaiman's father, David, was a prominent figure in the church of Scientology in the UK. Neil, at age 7, was interviewed about it. He has long since left the church.