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TIL There was a rugby player famous for slipping his thumb into peoples bumholes

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7rDop TIL that Japan already had HDTV in the 1990s, way before anywhere else
7rmk7 TIL in 2000 Saddam Hussein anonymously published a romance novel called 'Zabiba and the King.'
JY79m TIL about Operation Chariot. The WWII mission where 611 British Commandos rammed a disguised, explosive laden destroyer, into one of the largest Nazi submarine bases in France filled with 5000 nazis, withdrew under fire, then detonated the boat, destroying one of the largest dry docks in the world.
4kK5g TIL jurists in certain countries of Africa formerly colonized by the British still wear white, old-fashioned judicial wigs
Y7jYr TIL The earliest known pie recipe is inscribed on a Sumerian tablet that dates from before 2000BC, and describes how to make a chicken pie.