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TIL that until 1961 it was illegal to attempt suicide in the UK. The punishment was death.

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xVnvb TIL that in 1291, two brothers from Genoa sailed into the Atlantic in search of a sea route to India. They made it to Morocco but were never seen again.
l1AB TIL in 1990, a 15-yo Kuwaiti girl testified to US Congress that Kuwaiti babies were being taken out of their incubators by Iraqi soldiers and left to die. It was later revealed that she was the daughter of an ambassador & that her testimony was part of a PR campaign to sell the war to the public.
jNBEM TIL that Massachusetts once banned Christmas for 22 years because people celebrated too hard--drinking too much, partying in the streets, and breaking into houses
oROM7 TIL newborn babies(both sexes) can lactate because of the mother’s hormones. It’s called neonatal milk or witch’s milk.
9yoX TIL the memorial in Normandy where WWII soldiers are buried is actually considered American soil