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TIL a large number of Graffiti found in Pompeii are political ads. Specificaly, one Gnaeus Helvius Sabinus appears in no less than 140 political signs throughout the town, endorsed by all manner of individuals, trade unions, religious and social groups

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YpvMZ TIL not liking music is an actual neurological condition.
nbV9 TIL of “Mit brennender Sorge,” a papal letter secretly smuggled into Germany and read from every Catholic pulpit on Palm Sunday, 1937. It condemned the Reich Government and implied that everyone in Heaven was laughing at Hitler, a “prophet of nothingness”.
d8W9j TIL about a Chinese dentist from a small village who was put on trial for malicious slander and executed, for comparing a mango to a sweet potato.
WkR8X TIL after the big four, the character to appear most often on Seinfeld was Ruthie Cohen
X0MAE TIL of Somaliland, an entirely unrecognized sovereign nation in the de jure territory of Somalia. Since declaring independence in 1991, it has managed to carve out a free, democratic and relatively peaceful and prosperous country in a notoriously war-torn region.