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TIL Roland The Farter was a professional flatulist who was given a manor and 30-acres of land in exchange for entertaining King Henry II.

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JYGrl TIL during the French Revolution , Robespierre law of 22 Prairial, year II (June 10, 1794), streamlined revolutionary justice, denying the accused any effective right to self-defense and eliminating all sentences other than acquittal or death. Leading to almost 800 execution/month
NXxve TIL that the town of Talkeetna, Alaska had a orange cat as mayor for 20 years. Stubbs the cat even survived an assassination attempt by a dog.
69WAX TIL that in the 60s, the US dumped 120+ tons of VX Nerve Agent into the Florida and NY coasts. For reference, a single pinhead of VX is enough to kill a human.
Bg0Ze TIL about the Horseshoe Crab and how this ancient creature has been exploited by medical laboratories with little regulation.
V8Y8 TIL that 3³ +4⁴ + 3³ + 5⁵ = 3435. It is a natural number that is equal to the sum of its digits each raised to a power equal to the digit. It’s called a Munchausen number, after Baron Munchausen. Besides 0 and 1, the only two numbers are 3435 and 438579088.