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TIL some people get “weather headaches” from changes in barometric pressure

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e0kl5 TIL of Katie Brumbach, a 20th century strongwoman who met her husband of 52 years after he took her on in the circus ring; her father was offering a 100 gold marks to anyone who could defeat his daughter. An aspiring acrobat named Max Heymann took her on, but lost. He then fell in love with her.
PYbEO TIL after oil was discovered on their homelands, 60 or more wealthy, full-blood Osage native Americans were killed from 1918 to 1931. The murders appear to have been committed by people intent on taking over their great wealth, whose land was producing valuable oil, and had annual royalties.
dd0Z TIL in his later years, Sir Isaac Newton was appointed to a largely symbolic (but paid) position at the Royal Mint. He took the job seriously and successfully prosecuted many counterfeiters for high treason. Those convicted were hanged, drawn and quartered
4N1X TIL From 1995-2000 a man stole the pieces to the top winning prizes from McDonald’s Monopoly and gave them to associates which claimed and shared the prizes totaling over $24M. One year he sent the $1M piece to a Children’s Hospital, although against the rules, McDonald’s honored the prize.
XOQj TIL the British tabloid The Sun heavily criticized Prime Minister Gordon Brown for misspelling the name of a deceased soldier in a letter of condolence to his mother. Brown apologized, and The Sun soon had to post an apology of its own for similarly misspelling the soldier’s name.