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TIL of Juan Luna, a painter who killed his wife and her mother in Paris in 1892, because he suspected his wife of having had an affair. He was arrested but acquitted on the basis of temporary insanity. At the time in France there was an “unwritten law” that forgave men for killing unfaithful wives.

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5YyJR TIL in some countries, including the US flying a flag upside indicates a state of emergency or war. This among a few other things is called flag desecration
Yg8B TIL that the RGB color gamut used in electronics can not display all possible colors. Even if yellow is added, the device can still only display 87% of all colors that humans are able to perceive.
Kmy4 TIL thousands of Japanese-Americans served in the U.S. army as segregated unit (442nd) during WWII while their families were locked up in internment camps and became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
nWJjG TIL the Woodstock 1999 festival was so ill-prepared for the crowd size that portable toilets overflowed and there was no shade from the heat. Attendees started playing in mud to cool off unaware it was contaminated by waste leaking from toilets leading to many cases of trench mouth and trench foot.
yQbPJ TIL that after the Siege of Weinsberg, a surrender was negotiate in which the women were allowed to leave with whatever they could lift on their shoulders. Instead of carrying their belongings, the women lifted their husbands on their shoulders and headed out of town.