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TIL that Betty Crocker isn't a real person, but a mascot for General Mills

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PYJ6O TIL in early 1900, It was common to give dentures as a wedding gift in Britain, Denmark and some parts of Canada, as it was expected that all teeth would eventually be lost, and the gift was thought to help ease the cost of replacement of teeth.
VMNV4 TIL that some accounts of St. Christopher said he descended from a race of dog-people.
gMMJ9 TIL the only bloodshed in the Anglo-Swedish war occured when a Swedish general killed 30 Swedish farmers for refusing to fight.
MlbA TIL that after Genghis Khan defeated rival tribes he would place the conquered tribe under his protection, integrate its members into his own tribe, and even have his mother adopt orphans from the conquered tribe, bringing them into his family.
e0ZjL TIL about Patsy Mink, a law school graduate who was prohibited from taking the bar exam because she was a married woman. In 1964, she became the first woman of color elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she authored Title IX, which prohibits gender discrimination in education.