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TIL Billie Holiday was arrested and jailed five months for prostitution at age 14.

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kOPAe TIL Sir Ian McKellen broke down on the set of the Hobbit, announcing “This is not why I became an actor.”, due to filming the entire movie alone with the dwarves edited in afterwards.
geP9 TIL using long words doesn’t make readers think you’re smart. The first psychology paper, reporting on this result was called “Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity”
D1vmY TIL that a Russian Defector (GRU officer Stanislav Lunev) has alleged that small nuclear weapons have been secretly pre-positioned in the U.S. to be used for sabotage by Russia′s agents in the event of a nuclear war.
GYaDJ TIL about Vaslav Nijinsky – who has been cited as the greatest dancer of the 20th century. He was a controversial character in Russia who pushed the boundaries of what was permissible in ballet, including references to homosexuality and masturbation.
v0X8 TIL When Sati was prohibited in India. Charles Napier told protesting Hindu priests “Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property…”