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TIL that in ancient Greece, piracy was widely regarded as an entirely honourable way of making a living, with no disgrace - and even some glory - attached to those who chose piracy to be the main source of their livelihood

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PYw6w TIL After Peter the Great mandated that all officers in his army must have started their career as privates, noble families began to register newborn boys as privates. First reporting for service at the age of 15, the boys were then promoted through seniority to junior lieutenant or equivalent rank
DQAOp TIL A 1965 study on social isolation in monkeys reported that while no monkeys died during the isolation, 1 of 6 monkeys isolated for 3 months refused to eat after release and died 5 days later. A 2nd animal refused to eat and would have died had they not resorted to forced feeding.
nWxkr TIL There were 15 Prime Ministers during Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The first was Winston Curchill, born 1874, the last was Liz Truss, born 101 years later in 1975.
e0GjL TIL Roughly 90 percent of the dollar bills in circulation in the U.S. have been shown to contain cocaine residue
R7JV8 TIL the Uranium decaying in Chernobyl will outlast the Earth