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TIL That homosexuality for men wasn't decriminalised in England/Wales until 1967 with sexual acts not fully on par with the legal status' of heterosexual or lesbian couples until 2001

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x6aeo TIL a single strand of human hair can support the weight of 100g
DexD TIL that, on average, happiness drops from around the age of 21 and doesn’t pick back up until the age of retirement.
d8YEZ TIL Mahasweta Devi wrote over 100 novels and over 20 collections of short stories primarily written in Bengali. She had claimed that her stories aren't her creation, they are the stories of the people of her country, with a focus on marginalized citizens and women
wor87 TIL that Iris Cummings, an American swimmer and pilot born December 21st 1920, is the last surviving athlete who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. She earned her pilot's license in 1940. She was a flight instructor for almost 30 years and is now retired.
kBZe TIL that serial killer Ted Bundy was once genuinely in love with a woman with large dark hair parted down the middle. She rejected him. He then went on to kill over 30 known women, most of whom had long dark hair, parted down the middle.