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TIL a South Korean man committed a mass murder when his girlfriend woke him up trying to swat a fly on his chest while he was asleep

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D17LY TIL In 2013, Britney Spear’s music was used by British Naval Officers to ward off Somali Pirates in the east coast of Africa. According to one officer: “As soon as the pirates get a blast of Britney, they move on as quickly as they can."
4k8Bb TIL of Meigs Field, which was destroyed one night in a clandestine mission by the chicago mayor.
1aPP TIL an ancient Roman poem was deemed so explicit that a full English translation was not openly released until the late twentieth century. The offending line? “I will sodomize you and face-fuck you”.
LkOEr TIL Star Wars composer John William's son is the lead singer for the rock group Toto
rROgw TIL that Retta, Parks and Rec's Donna Meagle, is the niece of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's first female President and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.