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jNYLE TIL Alexander the Great arranged a mass wedding for his Macedonian soldiers to marry Persian women to unite the regions called the Susa Wedding. After Alexander died, all the men except two divorced their Persian wives.
WkneA TIL that until the 19th century the dominant sleep pattern in western societies was biphasic. After 3-4 hours of sleep, people would be awake for about an hour doing whatever before they sleep again until dawn.
yQwYX TIL In 1809, Ephraim McDowell performed the worlds first ovariotomy opening the door to abdominal surgery. Legend has it that a surly crowd gathered outside McDowell's home during the operation and waited to hang him on his patients certain death.
worv7 TIL The Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu has only one hotel- the 16 room Vaiaku Langi Hotel near the airport on Funafuti
d8QaB TIL: Historically, in Britain, committing adultery with the Queen-Consort (the King's wife) was legally considered "high treason" , as was adultery with the wife of the heir to the throne, and fornication with the monarch's eldest unmarried daughter.