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TIL medical science has not yet discovered what causes muscle knots

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0Dx5 TIL of John Deydras, a clerk who claimed to be the real King Edward II, but swapped as babies. He attempted to claim a palace and challenged Edward to single combat. At his trial, he confessed to making it up and blamed his cat, which had been possessed by the devil. Both he and the cat were hanged.
X0AZ8 TIL that medical bloodletting dates back to ancient Egypt and spread to Greece where the practice was rationalized as balancing the four “humors.” In 1163, the Church prohibited clergy healers from performing the procedure, calling it an abhorred practice, so barbers began to offer the service.
vGv7 TIL men receive 63% longer sentences on average/women are twice as likely to avoid incarceration if convicted
kObW5 TIL that the first known reference to mutual simultaneous oragenitalism as "69" is in the 1790s French book Whore's Catechisms, attributed to Mlle. Théroigne de Méricourt (one the early leaders of the French Revolution), where it is named "soixante-neuf"
gMYnW TIL in October 2012, around 25 families showed up to the Nottingham Cineworld theater to watch Madagascar 3. Due to a technical error with the projector, they wound up watching the opening scene of Paranormal Activity 4 instead, causing children as young as 5-years-old to start crying as a result