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TIL the real "Last Samurai" was not American, but French. Here's the story of Jules Brunet

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8aEK TIL Japanese scientists created a virtually painless needle by studying mosquitoes
R7lZ8 TIL The oldest recorded "your mom" joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet in 1976. The text read: “...of your mother is by the one who has intercourse with her. What/who is it?” There was no response on the tablet.
GY9JN TIL Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth's younger sister, almost married future Canadian prime minister John Turner. "It was “instant attraction … fairy tale stuff” with the young bachelor-lawyer and there were rumours about a “secret visit” to London and an order from the Queen to stop seeing him
mxjrY TIL Aaron Burr was the only Founding Father who believed wholeheartedly in women's rights
XNG8 TIL that the television show Top Gear, sponsored by Shell, staged breakdowns of the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Roadster, to make electric cars seem unviable and inferior to petrol powered vehicles, and causing doubt to Tesla investors