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TIL James Blunt “sold his sister” on EBay as a “damsel in distress” when she could not find transportation to a funeral. She ended up marrying the man that won the auction.

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D1AZp TIL the Arizona Gazette ran a front page article in 1909 on two "Smithsonian-funded archaeologists" who discovered a massive underground cave city beneath the Grand Canyon. The city allegedly contained Egyptian hieroglyphics, mummies, and a Buddha-like statue. The Smithsonian refutes the claims.
a89Wb TIL private and commercial paternity tests are banned in France. Paternity tests may only be conducted by order of a judge typically to assess criminal guilt or involvement.
R5VZa TIL that when Freydís Eiríksdóttir, a 10th century Icelandic viking who was 8 months pregnant, was surrounded by hostile natives during a battle in America, she pulled a epic "Bring it on" move by picking up a dead man's sword and beat her naked breast with it, causing the natives to panic and flee.
geML TIL Belize was once ruled by a “snake dynasty.” A 1,300-year-old burial chamber holds the clues to a forgotten empire.
p8RXG TIL Walt Disney was so fixed on having semi-retired actress Jane Darwell appear in Mary Poppins as the bird woman that he personally drove to her retirement home to ask her after she originally refused