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TIL of Doctor Fukushi Masaichi AKA "Dr. Tattoo" who would pay heavily tattooed people money for the right to preserve their tattooed skin after they died. He collected more than 2000 human pelts.

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eD5L TIL that between 1836 and 1914, over 30 million Europeans migrated to the United States. One in seven failed to survive the transatlantic crossing.
gMPE8 TIL in 1857, a congressman from New York killed the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia over the attorney’s affair with his wife. He claimed temporary insanity (thanks to his wife’s infidelity), the first time this defense was used in U.S. history. He was acquitted.
VM5bm TIL that prior to 1976, Oklahoma had a lower drinking age for women than for men
OoRX4 TIL that a 1965 test subject survived a leaky suit in a vacuum chamber but felt water on his tongue begin to boil.