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TIL The story of Madame Bovary was partly based off of the sensational news story that told of the life of French woman Delphine Delamare

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v1wbD TIL: Handshakes originated as a way to see if the person you met was armed. You took their hand to see if it was empty and shook it to confirm they had no weapons up their sleeve.
d8DQE TIL “Mini Jack Ma” comes from a poor Chinese family, and has received donations and at least one offer to fund his education—all thanks to his resemblance to the billionaire tycoon.
b9Mr4 TIL of Martin Guerre, a French peasant in the 16th century, who was at the center of a famous case of imposture. Several years after he had left, a man claiming to be him appeared. He lived with his wife and son for three years, until he was suspected and tried. Guerre appeared during the trial.
5YRdD TIL that Billy Beane, the GM of the Oakland A's made famous through his use of "Moneyball" statistical approach to baseball, was in 2019 elected into the Baseball Reliquary Shrine of the Eternals where statistical accomplishment is not a criteria for election
yQy1X TIL that 1 in 4 U.S. auto accidents are caused by distracted driving (cellphone use), and that distracted driving is considered 6 times more likely to cause an accident than driving drunk.