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TIL James May was fired from Autocar magazine after he put a hidden message using the initial letter in each page

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5V1eR TIL archaeologists working in a 2,500 y.o. Chinese cemetery unearthed charred incense burners and burnt stones that tested high for cannabinol, which is released when THC is burned. "Unlike many wild varieties, the cannabis smoked at the site [...] was pretty potent stuff."
wLmjW TIL that in the late Classical Era of Greece, women owned 35% of the land and property in Sparta. When a woman's husband died(usually in battle), his land and property passed to the wife, not to the oldest male.
MG8B TIL Uday Hussein, Saddam’s son, murdered his father’s personal valet and food taster with an electric carving knife in front of dinner guests at Suzanne Mubarak’s birthday party for introducing his father to his second wife.
0jXv TIL Lord Kelvin observed that a ship’s wake is always at an angle of 19.47 degrees, regardless of its speed. This claim still holds true for most situations
4bv5 TIL the GPS coordinates that lead to Walt’s buried money in BREAKING BAD actually, in real life lead to ABQ studios in Albuquerque NM where BREAKING BAD was filmed. They wanted to be sure the coordinates didn’t lead to somewhere people might go think there could be buried treasure.