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TIL I learned that Major General Walter Reed died at Walter Reed

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a45o TIL there is a legend that flexible glass was invented around 20AD, when a craftsman presented Tiberius Caesar a bowl of this glass, whereupon he threw it to the ground and it did not shatter. Fearing the implications of such a material, the Caesar had the man beheaded, the formula now lost forever.
neKGr TIL that the CCP used "Struggle sessions" whereby a victim was forced to endure public humiliation and forced to admit various crimes before a crowd of people who would verbally and physically abuse the victim until he or she confessed.
R5rK4 TIL about Kinjirō Ashiwara, a self-proclaimed emperor of Japan who rose to celebrity status
Bn4d TIL that a particular species of beetle infiltrates ant colonies by mimicking the sounds that the queen makes, and then moves around the colony at will, preying on ants, and is “treated like royalty”, according to a study.
Lkdap TIL that the same $99 microphone has been used by every US president since 1965