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R7r19 TIL the world's oldest printed book is 'The Diamond Sutra' and it was created in 868 A.D. by a man named Wang Jie. At the bottom-right corner he printed: “Reverently made for universal free distribution by Wang Jie on behalf of his two parents.”
9drQ TIL Abraham Lincoln was reported to be “fond of dumb animals, especially cats.”
j6g7N TIL that in 1870, Thomas Boulton and Frederick Park, were arrested after being found in public dressed as women, put on trial for conspiracy to commit sodomy, and acquitted because prosecutors couldn’t prove any sexual activity. The trial was widely discussed in the press.
4MJb TIL: Lisa Frank’s company, Lisa Frank Inc., was referred to as the “Rainbow Gulag” by then current and former employees because of the miserable working conditions in Tucson, Arizona.
eAAb TIL an IRA terrorist was given a 490 year prison sentence in 1999, only to be released a few months later under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement