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TIL a group of embittered singles in Shanghai purchased all odd-numbered cinema seats forcing couples to sit apart on Valentine's Day

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QJWVk TIL that ski resorts were openly hostile to snowboarding in the early years of the sport, leading many places to ban snowboarding entirely.
e0bpE TIL that when the first complaints of witchcraft had gone out starting the Salem Witch Trials, a church member had a "witch cake" made. They said it was "a means to discover witchcraft". It was made from rye meal and urine from those that were afflicted and then fed to a dog.
Mj5A TIL during China’s Ming Dynasty, powdered smallpox scabs were blown up the noses of the healthy. The patients would then develop a mild case of the disease, & from then on were immune to it. Although the technique had a 0.5–2.0% mortality rate, it was better than the diseases 20–30% mortality rate.
NDyJ TIL in 1920, the U.S. Department of Justice arrested thousands of innocent Americans for radical leftist activity, in what is now called the Palmer Raids
rN4oW Today I Learned: in the first two weeks after birth, female babies may menstruate due to the drop off in estrogen after leaving their mother’s body