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TIL that Women living in Ancient Sparta and Athens had dramatically different experiences.

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OxKe TIL that Ernst Kaltbrunner, a Nazi War Criminal living under a false name, was caught because his mistress saw him by chance and called out his name and ran to hug him
rRyW1 TIL A growing phenomenon nowadays is children in their 60s and 70s spending their retirement years caring for parents who are in their 90s and beyond. Longevity can take a financial toll on the family, as in the case of a daughter aged 75 caring for her 99 year old mother
8abrK TIL that on Skylab, the American space station of the 1970s, only about 2.8 liters of water was used each time an astronaut took a shower.
Eg1Qo TIL A local interrupted William the Conqueror's funeral service to complain about the church stealing his land (they did), and when attendants tried to cram William's already fat and now bloated body into the tomb it popped, stinking up the church.
yQbkJ TIL Of Robert Campbell, a World War One soldier who was a German prisoner, he learned that his mother was dying, and wrote to the Kaiser, asking to be released. His request was granted, with the condition that he had to return. Campbell spent a week with his mother, then returned.