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TIL: the bill of rights had stuff in there that got “oligarched” out…

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AN7PB TIL: There is a myth about Korean Virgin Ghosts which are formed when an unmarried women dies. They haunt newly married couples. If you get possessed by one, you'd harbor strong resentment and are unmarriable. Virgin ghosts are counteracted by phallic shrines, dolls, and burying them upside down.
yjwa TIL that in Canada, a piece of land must have a tree on it to be called Island.
d86XE TIL First Lady Rose Cleveland was a Lesbian who carried on erotic correspondence with a widow named Evangeline Simpson. Rose was Grover Cleveland’s youngest sister and served as his first lady for over a year, until he married in 1886.
VBmn0 TIL During the mid 1800's pigeons gave news outlet Reuter faster access to financial news from the Paris stock exchange. Eventually, pigeons were replaced by a direct telegraph link.
9wV5G TIL The Canadian Potato Museum on Prince Edward Island has the world's largest collection of potato related farming implements, features the World’s largest potato sculpture, and a restaurant that specializes in potato dishes