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TIL about May Whitley, a self-defence expert in the 1930s

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pE7O TIL the Eleusinian Mysteries, 3 secret rites shared (on some years) among thousands of participants, was a central component of a yearly Greek ceremony honoring the goddess Demeter. It was practiced for ~1000 years but the secrets were so well guarded that scholars have no idea what they were.
oR4ro TIL The Red Hook Society for the Apprehension and Detention of Horse Thieves, the oldest horse thief apprehension and detention society in the USA, has never apprehended or detained a single horse thief.
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l7vLV TIL that whilst accounting for only 4.2% of the earth's population, The United States controls 31.5% of the planet's wealth.