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TIL The first woman mathematician recorded by history was Hypatia of Alexandria (AD 350 - 415).

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awLWZ TIL a treatment in the Middle Ages for venomous snakebite was to pluck the feathers from a rooster's arse and place it on the site of the bite. Apparently its anus could suck up the venom. It was considered a good sign if the rooster died.
kOxQE TIL that Dock Ellis threw a no hitter while on LSD
xVgOk TIL one of the main reasons why double jeopardy laws were overturned in England & Wales was to ensure that the murderers of Stephen Lawrence were brought to justice. The overturn meant that you can now be brought to trial again for murder in light of substantial new evidence.
8yD4 TIL if you are a worker in Norway and you become unemployed, you will receive 87.6% of your previous salaries for 500 days
6ENoQ TIL about David Voelkert, a 38 year-old who befriended a 17 year-old teen on Facebook and told her he wanted to kill his ex-wife. The teen was actually his ex who got him arrested. David was freed after he gave a notorized affidavit to prove he knew all along it was his ex trying to mess with him.