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TIL MIT offers a Pirate Certificate upon completion of Sailing, Archery, Pistol or Rifle class, and Fencing.

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8e1xK TIL By tradition, character deaths in ancient greek theater almost never happened on stage. No matter the importance of the character, deaths almost always occured off stage and announced via messenger, with the body only showed later
69EdQ TIL U.S. songwriter Billy Davis rewrote a UK jingle for the Coca-Cola Company. The song 'Buy the World A Coke' was rewritten again because people kept calling radio stations asking for the tune to be played. It subsequently became "I'd Like to Teach The World to Sing" and reached #13 on Billboard.
Egkdo TIL that a dog by the title "Stout's Pal Pierre," was the first ever dog to walk a tightrope. He was an American Eskimo Dog and was part of the Barnum and Bailey circus.
JYZW4 TIL that the three obelisks in London, Paris and New York that are known as “Cleopatra’s Needle” were actually a thousand years old by the time of the reign of the Ptolemaic pharaoh from whom they get their name.
X0O4D TIL of Deli Mike, a Turkish Airlines Airbus A340 notable for her temperamental behavior. Known for “pranking” passengers and crew, she would turn lights on and off and refuse to retract the landing gear seemingly at random. One story went that staff fixed a faulty instrument panel by talking to her.