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TIL French film star Brigitte Bardot has been prosecuted 5 times in France for criticizing Islam

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awwO9 TIL that Sigmund Freud once described a victim of his friend's medical malpractice as having "wish-bleedings, caused by her hysterical longing for the affection of others." His friend Wilhelm Fliess had cut out the inner part of her nose, causing her death some years later.
a4BM TIL there are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why
m4Do TIL Beethoven actually intended many of his most famous pieces (including the 5th Symphony) to be played much faster than they are generally always played. So fast, in fact, that many professional orchestras are unable to successfully play them.
rRrpM TIL You don't get vitamin D from the sun. You make vitamin D from cholesterol in its inactive form. Inside your cells, this inactive form gets subjected to UV light which is provided by the sun and then gets activated. That's where the whole "vitamin D from the sun" idea comes from.
awL5A TIL Myka Stauffer is the worst mom on youtube (rehomes adopted child)