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TIL Napoleon said of torture: “It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile. The poor wretches say anything that comes into their mind and what they think the interrogator wishes to know.”

rRD4d TIL The University of British Columbia has a modern First Nations Longhouse constructed with Western redcedar logs and was designed to reflect the architectural traditions of Coast Salish-styled longhouses. It serves as an intellectual, social, spiritual, and cultural home for Aboriginal students
xVmyw TIL when the first gene was isolated at Harvard in 1969, "The only reason the news was released to the press was to emphasize its negative aspects," rather than the potential advantages we see today
yQmZe TIL the song Vincent by Don McLean was a particular favorite of the rapper and actor Tupac Shakur and was played to him in the hospital just before he died
b9LYZ TIL a group of friends in Saint Paul, Minnesota were hosting a small gathering to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate when police officers showed up in response to a noise complaint from a neighbor. No charges were made by the police; instead, 2 officers joined in playing Smash, one playing Pikachu.
kkk1 TIL according to an book on New Zealand farming, Moscow offered to give NZ a nuclear submarine, MiG jets and tanks to help settle Russia’s debt for dairy products. When told that NZ had a nuclear-free policy, Moscow’s response was: “tie it up in some port and connect it to the national grid”