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TIL the first same-sex marriage in Spain was performed in the year 1061.

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9E4X TIL Christian music singer Amy Grant successfully sued Marvel Comics in 1991 for using her likeness for a cover of an issue of Dr. Strange because it indicated that she was associating with witchcraft
N7NeN TIL that coppicing -- cutting a deciduous tree to the ground when it is dormant -- produces multiple stems growing out of the main trunk. This method of pruning allows the continual harvest of wood from the same tree for centuries.
R7ZLQ TIL that we measure angles out of 360 degrees because the Sumerians divided the circular path of the sun in the sky into 360 degrees to track the sun's daily position, it took about 360 days for the sun to complete a full circuit across the sky. This all happened approximately 2400 BC.
YpePx TIL about Ralph Lauren, the billionaire fashion mogul. His last name was Lifshitz but he changed it to Lauren when he was 16 because it had the word 'shit' in it and other children used to make fun of him.
oD4R TIL referring to its high fuel consumption and repair costs, the airmen of the C5 Galaxy have nicknamed it FRED; short for Fucking Ridiculous, Economic/Environmental Disaster.