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TIL Martha Stewart was in a relationship with Anthony Hopkins and broke up with him after watching Silence of the Lambs, saying she was unable to avoid associating Hopkins with the character of Hannibal Lecter

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E1Ak7 TIL that Sherpa is not an occupation or job title but rather the name of a Tibetan ethnic group
R5bP8 TIL that the sons of Chang and Eng Bunker, who were the origin of the term "Siamese Twins" for conjoined twins, fought on the Confederate side during the US Civil War. Chang's son Christopher and Eng's son Stephen both fought as Confederate Cavalrymen, in separate units.
Z8dB4 TIL The best-selling English translations of Rumi, the famous 13th Century Persian poet, were done by a woefully underqualified man who doesn't know Persian; never studied Islam or Sufism; took extreme liberties with the original texts; and omitted much of the Islamic references and context
R7ALQ TIL that Abigail Adams Smith, daughter of President John Adams, underwent a mastectomy in a room of the Adams home at age 46. The operation was performed without the benefit of anesthesia.
DQO4Y TIL Churches can buy child abuse and molestation liability coverage