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TIL in 1719, prisoners in Paris were allowed to go free, under the condition that they marry prostitutes and go with them to Louisiana. The newly married couples were chained together and taken to the port of embarkation.

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JYa4 TIL that more people died building German V-2 Rockets than were actually killed by them
9YQyX TIL: Sarah McLachlan was once sued by an obsessed fan because she used one of his delusional letters as the basis for her hit song "Possession." He committed suicide before it went to court.
XEyOR TIL if you are attacked by a bear in Yellowstone, you should not fight back. If you do, there's an 80% chance of serious injury, vs 75% chance of minor injury by doing nothing.
ovLK TIL, that in 2005, documentary film makers gave a homeless person $100,000 in cash, and followed him to see what he would do with the money. 6 months later, he was completely broke and back in the same place he was before the windfall.
DQAeD TIL that just before WW1 began, the British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey was heard to say ominously, “The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.”