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TIL Viking women managed the finances of the family

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PYvRn TIL that Steve-O, member of the Jackass crew, was; born in London, his first words were in Portuguese, and he was fluent in Spanish by age 4.
yQgGX TIL that a dental worker once injected herself with mercury and survived
m1lVx TIL Commodus once held a grand 14 day gladiatorial event with himself as the center piece. The "highlights" include him killing 100 bears in a day. The crowd was hesitant to attend the arena due to a rumour that he would start shooting random spectators in reenactment of the stymphalian birds myth
X0LYR TIL McDonald's Monopoly was rigged in the 90s by a key employee who stole about $24 million worth of high-worth winning game pieces.
xVgMg TIL in 1964, the FBI spent three months investigating whether the song "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen was obscene and therefore illegal to transport across state lines. They concluded there was no evidence the lyrics were rude.