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TIL about the Ladies of Llangollen, Wales' original 18th Century lesbian power couple

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1614X TIL in 2015 nearly 97% of all counterfeit bills circulating in China originated from templates hand-drawn by artist Peng Daxiang. He made huge profits selling these templates to counterfeiting gangs, charging anywhere from $8,000-$20,000 per plate. He also forged diplomas & official certificates.
epDdE TIL American ballet dancer Tanaquil Le Clercq contracted polio at age 27 in 1956 and was confined to a wheelchair. Le Clercq began studying with George Balanchine at age 12 and married him at age 23. When she was 15, Balanchine choreographed a dance for a polio benefit which presaged her illness.
6VeZ TIL That the Vikings were actually much cleaner than we assume them to be today; Saxon women even preferred them to their own (Saxon)men.
R7pg4 TIL a Saudi man, who was then the heaviest person alive and the second heaviest person ever recorded at 1340lbs (610kg) in 2013, was ordered by his King to lose weight. He then lost 1195lbs, and in 2017, weighed just 150lbs(68kg).
d6ZB TIL in 2012 a 14-year old North Korean girl drowned while trying to save portraits of Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il, and the government renamed her school after her