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TIL that 30 years ago, you could buy a pass for lifelong, unlimited first-class travel with American Airlines. Now they’re sueing some who did.

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Xw8P TIL After a miscarriage in 1726, a woman named Mary Toft began placing rabbits inside her vagina claiming that when they exited her she had given birth to a monster. 17 such “monsters” were “born”. The discovery of her fraud ruined the careers of several prominent surgeons who believed her. [NSFW]
bxG7 TIL that in a span of 40 years Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies cartoons were sold by Warner Bros. to Associated Artists Productions, which was sold to United Artists, which was sold to MGM, which was sold to Turner Broadcasting, which was sold to …Time Warner, bringing the cartoons full circle.
p8yE8 TIL that the year 1816 is known as the "year without summer" due to the volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia which resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, a global temperature drop of up to 3 degrees Celsius and unusually cold and wet conditions sweeping across Europe and North America.
yVWMe TIL about Doc Powers, the first Major Leaguer to suffer an on-field injury that eventually led to his death
Drjv TIL David Ortiz once finished 3rd in the Boston mayoral race solely through write in votes