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TIL women invented beer and there are beer goddesses

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MRM7 TIL Atlanta police fired 39 shots at a 92-year-old woman during a raid of her home. She was killed by 5 or 6 of the shots. It was later discovered that they planted drugs in her home, and the evidence that led to the raid was falsified.
J1PA1 TIL the pan flute originated from Ancient Greece, and according to the mythology, the god, ‘Pæn’ or known in modern day as ‘Pan’ wove it out of river weeds, as his love interest transformed/ was transformed into one. The flute is also known as a ‘syrinx’, which was his interests’ name.
6E5Nw TIL King James VI, who famously sponsored the modern translation of the Bible, was open about having several homosexual love affairs and was thus sometimes known as 'Queen James' by subjects
kW4W TIL that in Iceland, the syncretism between traditional beliefs and Christianity has led some people to create tiny little churches to convert elves.
pYvkZ TIL Tacit collusion is when groups work together without an explicit agreement. One example is price leadership inwhich one company changes their prices and competitors follow. In one case automated price setting led to the book The Making of a Fly having a price of $23,698,655.93.