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TIL that both the Atlantic Magazine and Rolling Stone ran an obituary for Richard Nixon penned by Hunter S. Thompson. The title? He Was A Crook.

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4k4Q5 TIL that Nader shah, the emperor of Persia, invaded India in 1738 and sacked Delhi. The Mughal emperor was forced to give up the royal treasury and the Peacock Throne to him and a fine of 20 million rupees was levied against Delhi. Nader shah then stoped taxation in Persia for three years.
xXlb TIL that all blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor
epyK4 TIL the characters "Perry the Platypus" and "Knuckles the Echidna" do represent the only two families in the monotremata order. Which means Platypus and Echidna are the only two families of egg-laying mammals on Earth.
WQjB TIL when Gangnam Style went viral, the stock Psy’s family was involved with made his father $11m and his brother $17m.
v1bWD TIL "decimation was a form of Roman military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed.." Was checking the rona fatality rates when I saw Italy at the 10 percent milestone.