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TIL Russians have a word “Zapoi” to describe several days of continuous drunkeness during which one withdraws from society.

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X0jgj TIL that the world’s most successful pirate was a Chinese woman named Ching Shih. Estimated there were 80,000 pirates under her command, ~1,000 large junks (Traditional Chinese ships) and ~800 smaller junks
OOL1 TIL Clint Eastwood is an anagram for “Old West action”
KOm1G TIL about Henry Savery, a convict and Australia's first novelist. He was to be executed on April 22nd, 1825 in his native England for credit fraud amounting to £30K ( £2.3 million pounds today) Through influential friends this was commuted to transportation, only a day before his execution was due.
W79mX TIL that some employers use military-grade surveillance tools originally developed for the Pentagon and the CIA to track staff behavior, emotions, fatigue, work intensity, and productivity.
gvRA TIL Dexter Holland, the lead singer of The Offspring, has a PhD in Molecular Biology, his own hot sauce brand, an Airline Transport Pilot license, and a Flight Inspector certification.