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rnEM TIL in 1994 a woman killed her husband but was found not guilty because of PMS.
9wWep TIL that the term limelight (as in being in the limelight or spotlight) dates to a time when actual quicklime was burned to create an intense white light, which could then illuminate a stage
l7J11 TIL that local restaurant owner Jackie Bevins shot her mobster husband while he was on the can and was found not guilty of murder due to Battered Woman Syndrome
wodnE TIL that the 8 hour working day was first instituted by king Philip II of Spain in 1594 (although many countries in the world still have to adopt it)
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