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TIL Viking women managed the finances of the family

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LV8V TIL Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates - he played games with them and joked he’d return and hang them all. After he was released, he raised a fleet, tracked them down, and crucified them all.
WVlX TIL When JFK was running for office in 1946, his father paid a man with the same name as his biggest opponent to run for election, thus confusing voters and taking votes away from the true opponent.
b68xN TIL autism is correlated to both glyphosate AND organic food.
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KYmrE TIL Arthur Wharton, born Ghana, 1865, became the 100 yard world record holder for 30 years, the world's first professional black soccer player, a cycling champion, a professional cricketer and then a top level rugby player. He died penniless in 1930 and was buried in an unmarked paupers grave.