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TIL that Cher is the only artist in history to have a Number One song on the Billboard Music Charts for six consecutive decades.

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d87mB TIL Since suicide is an unforgivable sin for christians many people, especialy women in 18th century resorted to suicide by proxy. They would usualy murder a child, a crime punishable by death and ask for forgiveness right before the execution
jYLN TIL that during the 1800 US Presidential campaign, Federalists sent out a paper saying Jefferson was dead, hoping to suppress his support, hoping word would travel slow that he wasn’t dead.
LkbVr TIL that Robert Liston, is the only surgeon with a 300% mortality rate. As he brought down his saw he took his assistant’s fingers off along with the patient’s leg. The patient and his assistant died after their wounds became infected, and the spectator who collapsed was found to have died of fright
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aVvy TIL that when Stan Lee was writing the second issue of Spider-Man, he accidentally called Spider-Man Peter Palmer, instead of his real name Peter Parker. The mistake was never noticed, and the comic was still shipped out.