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TIL before the Miss USA beauty pageant, there existed a "Mrs America" which chose an annual best wife, based on cooking, sewing, ironing skills, as well as personality and looks

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epwAg TIL there is one bull that is widely considered to be the hardest bull to ride in the history of professional bull riding, as well as the most dangerous. His name was Bodacious.
5oM8 TIL ‘Austria’ is derived from the Latin word for 'Eastern’, whereas 'Australia’ is derived from the Latin word for 'Southern’.
LLpv TIL in 1977 Jose Campos Torres was arrested for disorderly conduct and severely beaten by six police officers. The city jail would not process him due to his injuries and ordered the officers to take him to the hospital. Instead they took him to the bayou where they pushed Torres in and he drowned.
698MZ TIL a criminal named James Allen requested a copy of his deathbed confessions be bound in his skin and given to a man Allen had previously attempted to rob. The family kept it for years, using it to spank their kids and grandkids when the children misbehaved.
b919N TIL that The world's largest museum dedicated to an animal - The Crocodile Museum in Aswan. The museum is located in front of the Kom Ombo Temple, which was dedicated to worshiping the god Sobek, which takes the crocodile body.