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TIL: From 1919 to 1969, college home economics programs in the US would rent babies from orphanages for young women to practice mothering

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6RBZ TIL that the first female governor of Texas was elected in 1924. She said “she would follow the advice of her husband” and voters would get “two governors for the price of one.”
9Y6wX TIL Nathan Jones, the guy who played the giant Brad Pitt kills in the beginning of Troy, was once on Australia’s most wanted for a spate of 8 armed robberies committed between 1985 and 1987. He ended up serving 7 years in maximum security and was introduced to powerlifting while incarcerated.
g58X TIL a German man broke into prison every night to visit his girlfriend
WkNAL TIL that the lost property office at Dublin airport has an unclaimed tombstone with the words: ‘You will always be remembered, never forgotten.’
e0bNb TIL after four months of rejections Kim O'Grady added 'Mr.' to his name on resume/CV and almost immediately landed a job.