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TIL: TIL: Oysters were such a big business in Maryland and Virginia that they were considered working-class food instead of a luxury. The Oysters were such a business that oyster pirates fought naval battles against maritime police over hunting grounds.

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18e4 TIL, in 1985, a doctor in Lovell, Wyoming was convicted of sexually assaulting patients for over 25 years. One of the reasons he was able to get away with it for so long was that many of his victims were strict Mormons and didn’t know what a proper pelvic exam, or even sex, felt like.
4OLo TIL that on meeting Paraguayan dictator General Stroessner, Prince Philip said ‘It’s a pleasure to be in a country that isn’t ruled by its own people’.
BrLKx TIL the Chinese Baidu Baike is the world's largest encyclopedia, having 16 million articles.
69VxY TIL that when Union General Ulysses S. Grant died, some of the pallbearers were ex-Confederates
Egg8o TIL: "Don't Mess with Texas" was created to stop littering, and not about, well, other stuff.