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TIL that after the Unabomber demanded his manifesto be published in a major newspaper in order to cease his attacks, Penthouse offered to publish it. His response was that he hoped for a more "respectable" outlet, but if no one else agreed, he would let them publish but he would bomb one more time.

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OGnOR TIL that in 101 BCE Rome defeating invading Germanic and Celtic tribes. Later, some of the defeated warriors were among the rebelling gladiators in the Third Servile War, led by Spartacus
LkVWP TIL Rep. Ed Orcutt suggested a CO₂ tax for cyclists/bikers because "they exercise and breathe hard and therefore exhale more CO₂", claiming biking is bad for the environment.
Wkr19 TIL that in the 1940s, the USSR had a program designed to study the excrement of foreign leaders. It was believed that traces of various compounds in feces could give insights into each leader's psychology.
VBBbQ TIL one of the first uses of biological agents for murder was in Calcutta, 1933, when Benoyendra Pandey secretly injected Plague into his brother on a train station over a property dispute. He had a previously failed attempt using Tetanus laced spectacles
vmK TIL that gender gap in performance of elite athletes is almost exactly 10%. Scientific evidence suggests that women will not run, jump, swim or ride as fast as men.