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TIL 2015 was the first year in over a decade without a death from fraternity related hazing

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5RWr TIL that Larry David didn’t want to use the name Kramer, as it was was based on his former neighbor of the same name, thinking he would take advantage. He was proved right when Kenny Kramer created the “Kramer Reality Tour”, which points out locations from scenes in Seinfeld.
kOaKe TIL that the ruins of Pompeii contained ancient graffiti with your mom jokes and phrases like: "Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!"
nWoNb TIL: There is a Japanese martial art of combative swimming called Suijutsu. Various styles existed such as the Iwakura Ryū which has techniques for unusual situations such as eating while in water and many schools taught methods of swimming in armor.
DA8P TIL James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway would travel around Paris together picking fights with larger men
16rlD TIL that the 196 fastest 50 metre (short course) freestyle times have all come in the last 16 years