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TIL in Britain, the Victorian's Added Secret Messages to Their Postcards and Letters.

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RNGQ TIL Rosemary Kennedy, sister of JFK, had a lobotomy performed on her at age 23 because she was ‘an embarrassment to the family.’
yr7X TIL atheism is punished with the death penalty in 13 countries: Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
kOMvE TIL that Jimmy Carter descended into a reactors core to fix a nuclear meltdown.
Pr7n TIL that Paul Simon’s song, “Mother and Child Reunion”, isn’t about a mother and child reuniting. It’s about a Chicken and Eggs dish he had at a Chinese restaurant.
wL8NM TIL that Tupac Shakur auditioned to play the role of Mace Windu in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace