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TIL The age of consent in the Vatican is 12 years old

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DWag TIL Victorian London had many reports of “Spring-heeled Jack” - a monster with claws & a cape who could spit fire & jump >9 ft in the air - accosting & frightening women into seizures & catatonic states. A group of soldiers encountered him & opened fire; he slapped one in the face & jumped away
nWXKP TIL of Janet Chandler a 22-years-old Michigan woman who was gang raped and killed by her colleagues in Feb 1979 because they hated her promiscuity, the case remained unsolved until in 2004 when some college students made a film called "Who killed Janet Chandler?" that led to the case being solved
d841j TIL that Laika is not the first animal to travel into space. The title actually goes to a bunch of fruit flies aboard a V2 rocket launched in 1947. They were later recovered alive.
neAOG TIL that Sunflowers are important for decontaminating soils contaminated by hazardous materials
GYvVE TIL in 2014 the Dalai Lama said he will be the last one -- if China does not free Tibet he will refuse to reincarnate.