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TIL Mary Shelly lost her Virginity on her mothers grave.

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e0DjJ TIL of Walter Summerford, who was struck by lightning in 1918, 1924, and 1930- each of those incidents separated by six years. He died in 1932, but in 1936 (six years after the last strike) lightning hit his gravestone one last time.
9Y7xm TIL the feeling of always being stuck in the slowest traffic lane isn't paranoia - it's likely true
GRKJ TIL that cows have “best friends” and get stressed when separated
E11P7 TIL The Ironic Process Theory (a.k.a. the White Bear Problem) which refers to the psychological process whereby deliberate attempts to suppress certain thought makes them more likely to surface. For example, try to not think about a White Bear.
dDmrZ TIL when Mongols defeated the Poles at the battle of Legnica, they beheaded king Henry II and paraded his head. His wife recognized his mutilated body by his eleventh toe.