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TIL in post-Independence Argentina, turpentine enemas were given to political dissenters as a form of punishment

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E1P9p TIL Mark Twain was a proponent of equal rights. He formed clubs for young women to attend the theatre, to play games, and write correspondence with him. At his death, he said that his time with these girls was his "life's chief delight".
k7Oe TIL Dr. Seuss pronounced it in the German manner, “soice”. He realized that Americans naturally read the name as “soose” and went with it “to be associated with—Mother Goose”
rR5n0 TIL Pîhtokahanapiwiyin, or Poundmaker, who successfully pushed back a Canadian military force and instead of continuing the fight, he surrendered himself to the British government stating, "Had I wanted war, I would not be here now. I should be on the prairie. You did not catch me. I gave myself up.
nWrZP TIL that networks were created to help German Nazis to flee Europe after World War II. Josef Mengele and Adolf Eichmann made it to South America using the system. The Escape routes are called ratlines because of the way rats cling together to save themselves on a sinking ship.
OG6J7 TIL of the skydiver who survived a free-fall of 14500 feet by falling on an anthill. The bites of the ants kept her heart beating and adrenaline pumping