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TIL Carrie C White spent 75 years in Florida State Hospital after being institutionalized by her husband. Staff didn’t know why she was there for so long, given her lack of meds, or symptoms. Few would know of her if Guinness World Records hadn’t temporarily named her the oldest person in the world.

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YX8W TIL that the Dalai Lama supports gay rights, and once said, “If two males or two females voluntarily agree to have mutual satisfaction without further implication of harming others, then it is okay.”
QJlWk TIL even though Benjamin Franklin is credited with many popular inventions, he never patented or copyrighted any of them. He believed that they should be given freely and that claiming ownership would only cause trouble and “sour one’s Temper and disturb one’s Quiet.”
vPZj TIL that people can tell Mormons from non-Mormons just by their face.
yVOaX TIL of there existed a government Music Bureau in Dynastic China aka the Ministry of Music which wasnt a music academy like today, it collected poems & musical scores & choreography to inform the emperor of the thoughts, feelings, and conditions of the various people in different parts of the empire
ZplWD TIL in 2022, a group of Gujaratis livestreamed kayfabe cricket games on YouTube, mainly for a Russian audience. The games were all scripted and the 'players' were all dressed in outfits similar to India's T20 cricket league. The unaware Russian viewers placed bets through Telegram channels.