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TIL that Lambert Wilson, the actor who played The Merovingian, is also a singer

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8e4P8 TIL that from the 15th century to the early 20th century, female rowers called Roddarmadam operated water taxis in Stockholm, ferrying people between islands. They were famed for their blunt manner and coarse language. A visitor in 1787 praised them as “Good women who row like devils!”
KOpQJ TIL that the term "420" was coined by five students in 1971 at San Rafael High School to signal a meetup at 4:20 p.m. by the campus’ statue of chemist Louis Pasteur to take a hit.They chose that specific time because extracurricular activities had usually ended by then.
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oBwAK TIL of the Collage "War" of 1919. Colorado School of Mines students detonated dynamite on the University of Denver's campus as a prank. It escalated to the point that the governor had to get involved and threaten to send troops to the school's campuses.
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