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TIL when Spanish explorers first tried to talk to the Mayans they said “Uic athan,” which is ‘We don’t understand’ in their language. This misunderstanding gave the Yucatan Peninsula its name

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woVwP TIL the U.S. military played Metallica records to weaken prisoners it planned to interrogate but stopped after the band objected stating it didn't want to encourage violence, according to the Navy Seal who killed Osama Bin Laden. They substituted it with Christian metal band Demon Hunter.
OobZR TIL About The Paris Commune of 1871. The French workers created the first example of workers' power. They showed what a government of, for and run by the workers would look like.
4kmOR TIL of the Great Donor Show, a controversial reality TV show from 2007 where a terminally ill woman intended to donate a kidney to one of 25 participants. The show was staged, with the ultimate motive of increasing the amount of donors, a goal in which it succeeded. The show won an emmy
9Mn6 TIL The success of Venice during the Middle Ages has been credited to its system of government which selected politicians by lottery
m1Jvv TIL that Premier League team Man City has had financial misconduct allegations from as early as 1904. In the first incident, 17 players were suspended.