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TIL Quebec prohibits women from taking their husband's last name, even if they want to

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b9Wl9 TIL after capturing Alexandria, Diocletian ordered his soldiers to kill until the blood reached his horse's knees. As if on cue, the horse fell, staining its knees in blood. He took the gods' hint, and stopped the massacre. After he left, the Alexandrians erected built a statue in the horse's honor.
gA19 TIL that if someone has debt and dies, their family does not have to pay it off. But some banks will try to get them to anyway in case they think they need to.
4XMa5 TIL a 5 year old co-produced a Kendrick Lamar song
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xVPoo TIL it that King Charles II used to tease his mistress for sleeping late. It is reported that he offered her "all the land she could ride around before breakfast". The next morning he found her already sitting for breakfast after encircling an area currently known as Bestwood Park.