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TIL Charlize Theron’s mother killed her father to defend them both from his drunken rampage

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N7OKM TIL About the 'Rebecca Riots' in 19th Century Wales. Farmers would paint their faces and dress as women, calling themselves the 'daughters' of Rebecca (a biblical figure). They would riot, protest and launch attacks against landowner's and tollgates, ultimately succeeding in changing the law.
4X4BR TIL that Poles (Polish people) once held the strong belief that they were the descendants of an old Iranian tribe
1aX0D TIL Orbital mechanics in 60 seconds
dDe7Z TIL - A paleobiologist said "Our best guess is that the mammal was in the middle of attacking the dinosaur," about a recently found fossil of a mammal biting a dinosaur.
5LpD TIL that before his Moon walk, Buzz Aldrin took communion secretly. Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair had brought a lawsuit against NASA objecting to the Apollo 8 crew reading from the Book of Genesis. O'Hair demanded that astronauts refrain from broadcasting religious activities while in space.