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TIL The JSON Software License is non-free because it has a clause mandating: “The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil”

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1aMNO TIL the majority of Icelanders either believe in elves or are unwilling to rule out their existence
EgyYp TIL Alice Pierce, who played nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz in the television sitcom Bewitched, received a posthumous Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She died of ovarian cancer during production of season 2, having kept it secret since joining the show.
yQ5DM TIL after Richard I was shot with a crossbow, before he died he summoned the boy, who assumed he’d be executed. Instead, he forgave the boy and sent him away with 100 shillings. After Richard died, the boy was hanged.
wL8aE TIL when the viking Rollo Flanders was asked to kiss the foot of King Charles, he refused and instead commanded one of his warriors to do it. The warrior complied by taking the king’s foot, lifting it to head height while dragging the king out of his chair, and kissing the king’s foot.
9MQG TIL In 1906 An irish Olympic silver medalist Peter O Connor climbed a 20 foot flag pole and waved the irish flag when made to compete for Britain, All while irish and irish-American athletes fought off guards at the end of the pole.