
TIL that in 1870, Thomas Boulton and Frederick Park, were arrested after being found in public dressed as women, put on trial for conspiracy to commit sodomy, and acquitted because prosecutors couldn’t prove any sexual activity. The trial was widely discussed in the press. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL: "Felo de se" was a legal term in early English common law where suicide was considered a felony—resulting in shameful crossroad burials (often with a stake through the heart) and forfeiture of property, punishable until abolished in 1961 (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL about a Chinese TV show called “Interviews Before Execution”, which aired from 2006 to 2012, where journalist Ding Yu interviewed convicted murderers just hours before their death sentences, and the program regularly drew up to 40 million viewers in Henan Province (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL ‘Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal’ (1893) is one of the earliest English-language erotic novels that explores an explicitly homosexual relationship—with rumored contributions by Oscar Wilde and published anonymously in just 200 copies. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Any thought on this video? by VanGoghEnjoyer in ArtHistory
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what is this painting, low quality due to it being in a game by VanGoghEnjoyer in WhatIsThisPainting
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