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TIL that Roald Dahl‘s daughter Olivia died of measles and, feeling guilty about not having been able to do anything for her, he became a staunch proponent of immunisation

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xVyx7 TIL that during the Watergate scandal, Martha Mitchel (then wife of Nixon's AG) was kidnapped, beaten and forcibly sedated by her husband's security detail to keep her from speaking to reporters
1aZ7P TIL about the Paradox of tolerance. It states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually destroyed by the intolerant.In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance
Yp5ev TIL that a British man legally changed his name to James Bond and all its film titles up to Casino Royale as middle name. At 69 words, it was one of the longest recorded name in the world.
LO50 TIL there is a gospel according to Judas, in which he is shown as Jesus’ best friend and asked by Jesus himself to betray his identity to fulfill the prophecy
LQkPZ TIL Pozole was made from the human meat of prisoners whose hearts had been ripped out in ritual sacrifice.