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TIL that some of the children who sang in Another Brick In The Wall launched a bid in 2004 for thousands of pounds in unpaid royalties

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5wVk TIL than in 1881 a woman got away with murdering a man who broke off their engagement by using the “hysteria defense,” i.e., a doctor told the jury that “Any virtuous woman when deprived of her virtue would go mad, undoubtedly.” The jury acquitted her in 20 minutes.
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VdP4 TIL that during the 1890 census, Minneapolis and St. Paul kidnapped each other’s census takers to keep either city from outgrowing the other.
699vQ TIL: The Post-World War II hyperinflation of Hungary held the record for the most extreme monthly inflation rate ever – 41.9 quadrillion percent (4.19 × 1016%; 41,900,000,000,000,000%) for July 1946, amounting to prices doubling every 15.3 hours.
nW8b9 TIL: There is a study on hobbies which categorizes them from the best to worst in terms of happiness to cost ratio. The most expensive are traveling ($630), Collecting ($287), and Cooking ($240). Video games only cost $71 monthly in comparison.