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TIL that captured slaves used to be housed in castles on west coast of Africa before being loaded in ships bound for Europe/North America

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06oN TIL Thinkgeek got a cease-and-desist from the National Pork board for advertising Canned Unicorn Meat during april fools’ day
kJZoB TIL circa 1667, Massachusetts Bay settlers had enacted laws to try to reduce blackbird populations and mitigate damage to corn. One law provided that each single man in a town must kill six of those birds and, as a punishment for not doing so, he could not marry until he had complied.
MeZJA TIL the politicization of science likely led to the famine deaths of millions in the USSR and China
lRrN TIL that during WWII American soldiers in the Pacific theatre would use the word ‘lollapalooza’ to challenge unidentified persons, on the premise that Japanese people often pronounce the letter L as R
6gEQ TIL there is a gym that pays you for working out and penalizes you for missed days.