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TIL U.S. Senator Daniel Sickles was acquitted of murder in 1859 after killing his wife’s lover—by using the first successful temporary insanity defence in U.S. legal history.

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neQMY TIL in 1907 the US Supreme Court ruled that "a woman is not a person", barring a woman from practicing law. That same year, a woman arrested for drunkenness argued, and won her case, that she could not be charged because she was not a person and therefore not held accountable to the law.
yxQV TIL the concept of national parks was called the greatest idea America ever had. The idea to protect natural wonders for the enjoyment of future generations was unprecedented worldwide before Yellowstone.
ADrPl TIL of Alice Blunden, a woman who was so knocked out after having ingesting a large amount of poppy tea that a doctor pronounced her dead. She was quickly buried, but exhumed when people could hear her voice from the grave. She was so close to death, she was once again accidentally buried alive.
dDKdE TIL that in the early 80s, Dr. Dre was a successful electro DJ with his group World Class Wreckin' Cru. Daft Punk mentions Dre in their song “Teachers,” about artists that influenced them
x8Z1 TIL there was a Roman god of poop.