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TIL: Ancient Athens had a system called ostracism, where citizens could vote to exile someone for 10 years without a trial, often used against powerful or controversial figures to protect democracy.

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BrlMb TIL that each verse of Carly Simon's You're So Vain was about a different man, and she's kept their names secret, except the 2nd verse, which she revealed is about Warren Beatty. Candidates range from Cat Stevens to David Bowie, and Simon herself ruled out Mick Jagger and her ex-husband James Taylor
v1aJR TIL: Nirvana played a concert in Beunos Aires where the crowd threw mud and trash at the all-girl opening act. Kurt Cobain was so upset that he sabotaged the show by playing mostly lesser known songs and teasing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' without ever playing it.
VMjoQ Til that British spies once tried putting female hormones in Hitler's food in order to feminize Hitler and "Make him less aggressive, and more docile- akin to his sister."
VMdw8 TIL Charlie Chaplin got a 16-year-old pregnant, married her to avoid jail time, then divorced her when she turned 18. He then set his eyes on a 12-year-old when she was cast in his movie. Got her pregnant at 16, pressured her to abort the child. When she refused he had her removed from a film.
0dvQp TIL In the late 1800s, a surgeon from Naples named Efisio Marini, developed a preservation process of the dead that gave a permanent state of natural freshness. He made gifts of preserved body parts to Napoleon III, and even gave a medallion to General Garibaldi made of his own blood.