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

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woNAE TIL: US President Eisenhower warned of an “out of hand” military industrial complex in his farewell speech
E1b4W til that president mckinely was shot and killed a few weeks before he was set to try out one of the world's first bullet proof vests, which would've stopped the bullet that killed him
EYvV TIL When challenged to prove her claims, a proponent of Breatharianism (living without food or fluid of any sort) lasted four days before suffering acute dehydration
7MVZ TIL Professor Farnsworth from Futurama got it’s name from one of the inventors of TV.
neVlP TIL about Luke "Milky" Moore. He abused a bank error to overdraft $1.5million and spent it on cars, drugs, and sex before he was caught and sent to jail. He successfully argued his own case and was released without having to pay any of it back.