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TIL The founder of Mother’s day was so disgusted with its commercialization that she collected petitions to rescind Mother’s Day and spent the rest of her life trying to abolish the holiday she founded, only to end up in a sanitarium supported by contributions from the hated Florists Exchange.

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xVdB5 TIL about Charles Boycott. He rented out land to farmers during the 20th century. Many farmers couldn't afford to pay him, so many farmers were evicted. Due to this, there were boycotts against him. Those boycotts gave rise to the verb "boycott", named after the person. The word never existed before
5YX4r TIL in 2011, it was discovered that a 25-year-old German woman who works for an online furniture company is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria and could have been Queen of England if it wasn't for a technicality that has now been fixed.
X0Amj TIL that after Harry Houdini casually boasted about his toughness, an acquaintance punched him in the stomach repeatedly. Two days later, he was hospitalized with extreme stomach pain due to appendicitis and died not long after.
kbr5 TIL IKEA products have names because the company’s dyslexic founder has an easier time remembering proper names. Also, those names follow set rules.
DNj TIL Ryan Stiles dropped out of high school to pursue a career in comedy.