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TIL in 1726 a woman put body parts from dead animals in her vagina to trick physicians in to believing she birthed rabbits

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epw1L TIL about millionaire Wellington Burt, who died in 1919 and deliberately held back his enormous fortune. His will denied any inheritance until 21 years after the death of his last surviving grandchild. The money sat in a trust for 92 years, until 12 descendants finally shared $110 million in 2011.
OGlya TIL Melpomene and Thalia are the muses of comedy and tragedy. Their faces are the two depicted in the drama masks.
9w0b6 TIL that Leonard Nimoy refused to participate in Star Trek: The Animated Series unless George Takei and Nichelle Nichols were included, emphasizing their roles as symbols of ethnic diversity in the 23rd century.
OG9ge TIL Big Ben has a Prison Room. Last time it was used as a prison room was in 1880, when a newly elected atheist member of Parliament refused to swear an oath to the Queen.
4gBb TIL that the American flag on the Moon was knocked over by the exhaust from the return rocket