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TIL The Discovery show Sons of Guns was cancelled when just about everyone was brought up on child abuse charges.

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VnDk TIL that while serving in Cyprus, a British Army Lance Corporal named Billy Windsor head-butted another solder on parade in front of dignitaries from several nations. He was charged and demoted to Fusilier, but was later reinstated, with full mess privileges. Billy Windsor is a fucking goat.
XEbkr TIL Britain fought a war with the Ashanti tribe of West Africa because a British governor wanted to sit on a golden stool
9wK76 TIL about Fucking Hell. is a German pale lager, a Pilsner. It is named after Fucking, the previous name of the village of Fugging in Austria; hell is the German word for 'pale' and a typical description of this kind of beer. The beer's name was initially controversial
bBD4 TIL ecstasy isn’t actually that bad for you. Actually, it could be a good treatment for PTSD. Thanks pharmacy school.
9Rd6 TIL that Theo van Gogh, brother of Vincent van Gogh, provided unfailing financial and emotional support to his brother and was instrumental in popularizing works by Monet and Degas.