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TIL In ancient Greece, men weren't allowed to become midwives because it was required by law one had to have given birth themselves to qualify as one.

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Y7R9W TIL a server received a lottery ticket as a tip, winning $10 Million. Subsequently, the man who gave her the ticket and even her coworkers sued for a portion. Following this, her ex-husband kidnapped her, leading to her shooting him. Her legal saga continued with a court battle against the IRS.
LQk8d TIL about the HMS Victoria, a 340’ battleship that collided with another ship in 1893 and sank. But when it sank it slammed into the seafloor with so much force that 3/4 of the ship is sticking out of the seafloor at a 90 degree angle
QK1d TIL: Aitzaz Hasan, 15 yr old boy, died when he bravely confronted a suicide bomber walking towards his school which resulted in early detonation of the bomb. His action saved the lives of hundreds of students.
d8EnQ TIL that gargoyles on a 15th century church in Loire-Atlantique, France, now include Gizmo and a Gremlin from "Gremlins" and the xenomorph from "Alien." The characters were added when the centuries-old church was restored in the 1990s.
KYO99 TIL over 2.5 million people applied for tickets to see Oasis at Knebworth Festival in Knebworth, England in 1996. This meant the possibility of 20 sold out nights. It remains the largest demand for concert tickets in British history.