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TIL Goldilocks was originally an old woman and the three bears were originally all bachelors living together instead of a family.

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6ExO7 TIL in 1995, a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 was intercepted and captured by the Taliban. After negotiations for a prisoner exchange fell through, the Russian crew physically overpowered and disarmed their guards and started their plane, narrowly dodging a firetruck as they took off towards freedom.
K8XQ TIL people in the U.S. without insurance will sometimes buy antibiotics for fish as they are the same grade and dosage as human antibiotics but do not require a prescription.
ADll7 TIL in that 19th century physicians warned women about a condition called "Bicycle Face" that was caused by riding a bike. Symptoms included wrinkles, manliness and "an appearance of exhilaration suggesting masturbation".
j684R TIL Leonhard Euler wrote 234 letters to 15 year old German Princess Friederike Charlotte over a period of two years in order to teach her math, physics, and sciences. These letters were later reprinted as a textbook for "every female academy in the kingdom"
p8Pj4 TIL that in order to receive compensation from the original September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, the recipients had to agree not to sue the airlines whose planes were hijacked in the attacks.