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TIL Usain Bolt, the Fastest Man in the World has Scoliosis

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gMe49 TIL that in the 1950s a man said to his lover that no woman could write erotica like the Marquis de Sade. In response, Anne Desclos wrote a novel that was so obscene that the French authorities tried to take the publisher to court, and Desclos kept her name secret for forty years.
Z8j7Q TIL That when Ben Rea (UK) died in May 1988, he bequeathed his £7-million ($12.5-million) fortune to Blackie, the last surviving of the 15 cats he shared his mansion with. The millionaire antiques dealer and recluse refused to recognize his family in his will. He left his wealth to his cats.
QJp1a TIL about the Native American town of Saukenuk, which had as many as 5000 residents in 1826. It was a multi-ethnic settlement, and featured a central courtyard, straight and well-kept streets, hundreds of large wigwams, a very large temple/council house, and was surrounded by vast farmland.
grjKL TIL that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has its own dialect of English called Pittsburghese.
mBLP TIL that almost half of Japan’s Millennials between 18-34 are virgin and some find fault in the rise of economic status of Japanese women.