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TIL that Spartans only allowed marked graves for men who died in battle and women who died in childbirth.

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6lB8 TIL during Australia’s first ever plane hijacking in 1960, the copilot Tom Bennett punched the lone, armed hijacker in the face and then ripped the wires from the bomb he was holding, disarming it. He and the pilot then subdued and handcuffed the man, before landing all 43 passengers unharmed.
LQoQ9 TIL after he died, all of Nikola Tesla's belongings were confiscated by the FBI
e0de6 TIL "Titanic" stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet funded Titanic's last known survivor, Millvina Dean's, nursing home fees.
J1VyV TIL the longest name for a person
W7DWo TIL that records of transgender people in Finland stretch back to the 19th century