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TIL Lacrosse was originally used for many purposes, including to settle tribal disputes (i.e. as a substitute for war)

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M7Lg7 TIL of Elizabeth Báthory. She is alleged to have killed more than 600 people in order to drink their blood and bathe in it, ostensibly to preserve her youth.
Z8RXD TIL Beverly Eckert, a 9/11 widow, whose husband died in the South Tower of the WTC, while being on a phonecall with her, died 8 years later in a planecrash.
b9YRE TIL that Zootopia is the only movie with no human characters to make $1 billion worldwide in ticket sales.
Lkkgv TIL: Matches used to be made with toxic white phosphorus. It was so toxic workers often contracted "Phossy Jaw," causing their face to rot away and their bones to literally glow in the dark.
J1pWV TIL that windmills used to be used to mill grain. From the US and only think of wind turbines and energy.