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TiL:People didn’t empty chamber pots into the streets in the middle ages.

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yX5w TIL Kevin Plank, the founder of the American company Under Armour, opted to use the British spelling “armour” in the company name because the URL was still available for that version.
woNYP TIL that Prince Eugene of Savoy, regarded as one of the eight greatest military commanders ever by Napoleon, had six ships named after him, including the WW2 German cruiser Prinz Eugen
XpyQ TIL a Seattle man known for his frugality left a $187.6 million trust to charitable causes upon his death. 40% went to pediatric research even though he never had children of his own.
M7DvV TIL that after Colonel Shaw died in battle, Confederates buried him in a mass grave as an insult for leading black soldiers. Union troops tried to recover his body, but his father sent a letter saying "We would not have his body removed from where it lies surrounded by his brave and devoted soldiers
P1PbE TIL that at the opening ceremonies to the 1936 Summer Olympics, the event organizers made the mistake of shooting off a cannon after they had released hundreds of pigeons. While the cannon shot blanks, the sound of the shot scared the birds so much that they defecated on the athletes below.