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TIL that warriors on the Pacific Island of Kiribati fought with porcupinefish helmets and wooden swords lined with shark’s teeth.

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YpLVA TIL Eminem's song "Lose Yourself" was the first rap song to win an Oscar for Best Original Song, but Eminem did not even watch the awards because he did not think he stood a chance at winning. Instead, he fell asleep watching cartoons with his daughter.
0wW1v TIL that in the early 20th century, patients with syphilis were successfully treated by being transfused with infected blood from people with malaria. The researcher was given the 1929 Nobel Prize for his discovery.
M7Nj0 TIL: “EGOT” is an acronym that was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas. It gained wider recognition after being introduced on the comedy series “30 Rock”
vdmD TIL Naoto Matsumura is the Most Radioactive Man on Earth. He continues to live alone in abandoned city Tomioka (affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster) to care for the animals left behind there.
KZVR TIL that Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog of Hades in Greek mythology, takes his name from the Greek word “kerberos”. Kerberos means “spotted”, which means Hades literally named his dog “Spot”.