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TIL the assassin bug wears its victims’ corpses as armor
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pjP4
TIL that Tito, tired of Stalin’s attempts to assassinate him, openly wrote: “Stop sending people to kill me. We’ve already captured five of them, one of them with a bomb and another with a rifle. (…) If you don’t stop sending killers, I’ll send one to Moscow, and I won’t have to send a second.”
rRk64
TIL the Japanese word "Matchpump" マッチポンプ means "Stirring up trouble to get credit from the solution."
gMAny
TIL Butter chicken was developed in the 1950s by three Punjabi restaurateurs who made it "by chance" by mixing the leftover chicken in a tomato gravy, rich in butter and cream. The dish is India's most popular curry, not only domestically but also globally
AyK4
TIL after Rick James died, his autopsy found alprazolam, diazepam, bupropion, citalopram, hydrocodone, digoxin, chlorpheniramine, methamphetamine, and cocaine in his blood.
KYlpw
TIL that the guillotine has been used in North America. In 1889, someone was executed with it in the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. It had to be shipped in.