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TIL pulmonary tuberculosis was associated with fragility and sexual attractiveness in the 19th century

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LkJnV TIL that sometimes, the revolution is televised: the execution of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena following the Romanian Revolution was videotaped and shown on TV.
N79pN TIL Michael Phelps holds the record for the longest televised putt in history, at 159 feet.
e0AE6 TIL While painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo wrote a poem about the physical toll it took on him.
QNveL TIL Estelle Peck faced a decision after her Japanese husband was incarcerated, stay with her husband of 13 years and be incarcerated or remain in Los Angeles alone. She chose to be with her husband
rRjBx TIL roughly 70% of businesses in Sicily still pay protection money to the Sicilian Mafia.