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TIL the sinuosity of rivers may not be pi
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TIL Didius Julianus became emperor by buying the title from the praetorian guard, who auctioned it off after killing the previous emperor. Didius was drunk and throwing a party when his wife and daughter convinced him to attend. He arrived late and had to shout his offers from outside the gates
kJO61
TIL that at 9:55 pm every night many soldiers on both sides of WWII in Europe tuned their radios to the same station (the German-controlled Radio Belgrade) to listen to a nightly broadcast of the wistful love song "Lili Marleen", which had been virtually unknown before the war
kOyr7
TIL Starbucks has more customer money on Starbuck gift cards than most banks have on deposits
mx1ky
TIL black people actually ARE much less likely to tip.
0ddyA
TIL: The British built over 100 concentration camps during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) in South Africa. Over 26,000 woman & children died in these camps from starvation & disease