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TIL England's Queen Victoria was such an avid matchmaker that the marriages she helped arrange are credited to have shaped modern Europe.

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rNdn0 TIL in 1912 Teddy Roosevelt was shot on his way to his presidential campaign. Instead of seeking medical attention he continued on to give his speech, starting by saying ““Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot.”
bRvp TIL Philadelphia literally burns old money for electricity
gMRl4 TIL Ferrari is the Italian equivalent of 'Smith', a metalworker (from Latin ferrum = iron)
ep7gk TIL that before haunted houses, 16th-century elites hosted “black or hell banquets.” Dating to ancient Rome, Emperor Domitian hosted a banquet where guests were assigned a seat with a personalized gravestone. The menu consisted of food usually offered as sacrifices for the departed.
R7pj6 TIL that in Indiana. A cat attacked an intruder, protecting it's owner and kept attacking him until police came and arrested the intruder.