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TIL that before 1935, Thai family law recognized three types of wives: official, secondary, and slave wives.

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jNbnX TIL that in 2003, there was a movement in America to rename the "French" part of French Fries, French Toast, etc, to "Freedom" (Freedom Fries, etc) after France refused to support the Iraqi war - Demonstrators even included government officials in Congress.
8AkG TIL That a 20 year old female criminology student became a Mexican police chief. The last police chief was decapitated.
bOdN TIL in 1786 when Louis XVI had bodies removed from France’s Saints Innocents Cemetery into the Catacombs, many of the bodies had decomposed into fat. The fat was then collected and turned into candles and soap
Jbnl TIL It is a felony to taunt a police dog in Pennsylvania but a misdeameanor to have sex with a dog in the same state
jbyN TIL Blackbeard’s flagship the Queen Anne’s Revenge was found in 1996. There’s a conservation project to bring it to the surface.