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TIL the English poet Rupert Brooke, who was notable for his sonnets, died of sepsis stemming from an infected mosquito bite.

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r0RW TIL in response to rising chlamydia rates in Norway, a sex education charity hired a 19-yo student to wear a giant penis costume and squirt people with golden confetti - “If I can do a good thing for others, just by being a dick, there is nothing better…”
VMx1G TIL: Native Americans painted murals of Mythological creatures on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River
DQX8V TIL the 1956 Banana Boat Song was based on real life in Jamaica, where workers would load ships during the cool night hours, then wait at dawn for their work to be counted so they could go home.
1a4RP TIL about Jerry Lawson. He created the first video game cartridges & Channel F console. Atari soon copied.
oAJo TIL Easy-E’s last public statement before dying of AIDS: “A few times I used Jimmy-Hats, but most of the times, I did it raw, and I ain’t gay.”