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TIL Up until 1915 it was legal to mail a baby by US Mail

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BKpD TIL Brooke Shields’ father’s family paid her mother a sum of money to abort her. Her mother took the money but refused to honor the agreement.
MeXy7 TIL Tim Roth turned down the role of Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone because of his commitment to Planet of the Apes. Alan Rickman was eventually cast as Snape.
xVemB TIL Mackinac Island, MI is culturally preserved in time and has banned motorized vehicles for over 100 years; most travel by horse-drawn carriages and bikes.
VMme4 TIL Ukraine qualified for the 2012 eurovision final despite being 2nd to last place in televoting in their semi-final and being 3rd among the jury vote.
rNele TIL that if a man has a kid over age 30, the child inherits 50% more genetic mutations than if he were 18