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TIL, that human canines are not for tearing and ripping meat. Instead, our ancestors used them to fight male rivals for mating rights.

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R5oX6 TIL that Brockton High School which has hall of fame boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler as alumni, recently requested the National Guard to step in because of the level of fistfights there.
WkgPX TIL the last English knight to be publicly degraded (stripped of knighthood) was Francis Mitchell in 1628. He’d committed extortion. His spurs were broken and thrown out, his belt cut, and his sword broken over his head. He was called "no longer a Knight but Knave" and led to the Tower of London.
n04o TIL After pleading guilty to tax evasion in 1979, musician, Chuck Berry, was sentenced to 4 months of prison followed by 1000 hours of charity concerts. That’s why he was still touring as late as age 84
BXbe TIL that Canada is the only non-European member of the European Space Agency.
nwkB TIL the inspiration for “Nacho Libre” was Fray Tormenta, a Mexican priest who turned to wrestling to raise money for an orphanage, but he himself got the idea and name from a 1963 film…about a priest who turns to wrestling to raise money for an orphanage.