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TIL: "we were dueling" is a prohibited defense for homicide in Virginia

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679Y TIL that there is an ancient Babylonian tablet dated from 1800 BCE which contains a list of Pythagorean Triples.
wop9J TIL about Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), a disorder characterized by extreme, uncontrollable anxiety in the face of anything perceived as a "demand." Those with PDA may try to avoid not only the demands of others, but also the demands of their own body, such as for hunger or sleep.
j69gN TIL that Congressman Leo Ryan, who was assassinated at Jonestown, had a daughter that lived in the Rajneesh commune in Oregon
yQxOM TIL during the golden age of piracy, pirates would abduct sea surgeons from merchant ships to provide a variety of surgical procedures.
PkmE TIL that Otto von Bismarck predicted that European politics will break 20 years after his death. He also predicted that the war will “come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.”