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TIL people have actually had their intestines sucked out of their anus via pool drain

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5QdP TIL that the Norman Invasion of England 1066 caused many English noblemen to flee England for the Byzantine Empire (Modern day Turkey and Greece). There, the English diaspora founded the town, New York, 600 years before “New York” in America existed.
E5y7 TIL The man who invented aikido was a samurai who became a pacifist & refused to fight for Japanese imperialism. He then became a hermit, lived on a mountain sitting under a tree.
ADeVd TIL: The US military would spray experimental missiles with shark oil so they could recover any debris with the help of sniffer dogs trained to follow the shark scent.
Bgxxb TIL That Freddie Mercury was born in Africa to Indian parents.
y48e TIL the makers of the board game Monopoly will set up a hotline for a few days over the holiday period to help mediate any game-based arguments.