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TIL Hand crank vibrators were popular in the 1900s
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TIL of ‘Paris Syndrome ’ where tourists suffer psychological distress or shock when the city does not live up th their expectations. It is common with Japanese tourists.
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TIL that only two women have ever attempted to assassinate a US President, and both attempts were made on Gerald R. Ford within 3 weeks of each other.
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TIL the hamlet of Boston Corner, New York was ceded from Massachusetts in 1855 because its geographical isolation from the rest of the state made maintaining law and order difficult.
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TIL in 1998, an entire North Korean submarine and her crew was lost to a single South Korean fishing net
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TIL in 1989, the American Homecoming Act helped children born from U.S soldiers in Vietnam come to the U.S with their families. They based this only on the child's appearance. It was controversial since it didn't apply to the kids of U.S soldiers in other countries.