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TIL Belgium and the Netherlands allow euthanasia for severe treatment-resistant mental illnesses.

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wodLY TIL of Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin, who in 1718 fought a duel with another woman over a Duke they were both in love with.
nW4eP TIL Escaping slaves use to throw balls of fried cornmeal out to distract plantation hounds from tracking them. The hounds stopped barking and tracking thanks to the cornmeal which later adopted the name “hush puppies”.
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