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TIL that Emily Davison, a brutish suffragette, stepped in front of the King’s horse at the 1913 Epson Derby and was killed. This shows that protestors have always stood in high traffic areas. There’s a video of it too. Emily Davison | British activist

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b9XrN TIL that the Greenland shark has extremely toxic meat. If the meat is eaten without being treated, the effects on the body are very similar to drunkenness.
QVgE TIL of the frequency illusion (also known as the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon),the phenomenon in which people who just learn or notice something start seeing it everywhere.
LWlP TIL in 2003 and 2004 Boycotts of the sponsors of The Masters golf tournament ensued due to their men-only club rule. The golf club responded by dropping all three of their sponsors and running the tournament ad-free.
KOL9a TIL that 17% of parents choose a name for their baby on the day the baby is born.
rNNao TIL that until the later part of the 18th century, almost no one in western Europe washed their whole body with any regularity. This habit remains true for people of all classes, as even Louis XIV is said to have only taken three baths in his entire life.