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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Liamlare1994 on 2024-10-21 16:03:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1914, the wife of the French Prime Minister murdered a newspaper editor to prevent him from disclosing her relationship with him, which had begun while both were still married to their previous partners. She was acquitted because she was deemed to have acted on “uncontrollable impulses”.