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TIL that in the Victorian era, many people took photos with their dead relatives

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v1QkK TIL the word vodka means "water" in Slavic. The word originates from court documents from Poland in 1405. In the early days, spirits were used as medicine - a Polish physician wrote in 1534 that vodka could serve "to increase fertility & awaken lust"
0wvV5 TIL in 2009 a Russian robber broke into a hair salon, was beaten by its black-belt owner and kept as a sex slave for three days while being fed only Viagra.
gMaAA TIL that there was a court battle between two fans over who caught Barry Bonds's record setting 756th baseball... One of the fans spent $473,530 in legal fees to claim ownership of the ball. He only received $225,000 when the ball was sold at auction!
xBpD TIL the world’s first fully-painted, feature-length film is an animated movie about the life of Vincent van Gogh made up of 56,800 stop-motion paintings. Years in the making, it is scheduled to open this summer on the 125th anniversary of his death.
0d6ZA TIL that red translucent glass is made with pure gold particles. The first red glass was the gold ruby glass and it was made in 1680 in Germany.