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

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4XGZR TIL that Beverly Hills, California is named after Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, which was named after the town Beverley in Yorkshire England, which came from the name "Beverlac" in the 10th century, meaning "beaver lake," because of all the beavers in the nearby river.
OGen4 TIL that Hitler accused Czechoslovakia of committing genocide against ethnic Germans, prior to annexing and invading the country.
VBYnB TIL that the first libertarian mayor in the United States was a polygamist Mormon named Alex Joseph. After leaving the Republican Party, he ran for mayor of his commune Big Water, Utah as a Libertarian.
kM9m TIL for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government announced that people could apply for permits to protest in designate areas. None of the permits were granted, and many of those who applied disappeared or were arrested.
kO1nW TIL that William Lee invented a knitting machine in 1589, however Queen Elizabeth I denied him a patent because of her fear that the invention would cause her poor subjects to lose their jobs and become beggars.