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TIL in 1993 Canadian election, Progressive Conservative party ran an ad focusing Liberal party leader's facial paralysis. PC party lost 154 seats and got only 2.

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E1djV TIL Goya's most well known painting, Saturn Devouring his Son, was not described or named at all to the public by the artist himself. The name was given later on due to it resembling the mythological event. For all we know, it could not be Saturn at all, but just someone eating another person.
Z8a5D TIL about Ching Shih, a Chinese prostitute who married a pirate & took over his fleet when he died. She was so successful, the Chinese sent an armada to stop her. She captured 63 of their ships. After 2 yrs of fighting they offered her amnesty. She kept all her $, ran brothels & casinos & died at 69
e0VrD TIL British people tend to be “bi-measurement” the same way some people are bilingual. Both imperial and metric units factor into their lives.
6XA7 TIL That if you live in a family with an income of around $75,000 you are richer than 95% of the planet and 99.99% of anyone who has ever lived.
OoVNg TIL emperor Wu of Jin (China) had so many concubines that he could not choose between them, he often rode his goat-driven carriage around the palace until the goats decided to stop. Because of this many of the women planted bamboo leaves and salt outside their bedrooms to attract the goats.