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TIL-“Hook” by Blues Traveler is a great joke aimed at oblivious music listeners.

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4kMvN TIL Rock paper scissors originates from Jan-ken, a Japanese variation of a Chinese game imported to Japan in the 17th century, which had a slug, frog and snake. The modern version was created in the late 19th century and spread beyond East Asia as Japan increased contact with the west
rRKko TIL of Elizabeth Shoaf. She was abducted by a sexual predator & held underground. Using her wit, she gained his trust & managed to get his phone. She text home & police traced it. They stupidly publicly released that she text home & the abductor heard it on the radio. Police saved her in time.
4R8J TIL after a Soviet hostage was found dead, KGB agents castrated the nephew of the hostage taker and sent the severed organs as well as a list of other known family members to the hostage taker. The remaining Soviet hostages were quickly released.
QNG6M TIL that Roman emperors were considered pharaohs in Egypt. Ancient Egyptians viewed their pharaohs as god-kings. When Rome conquered Egypt, its emperors became the new pharaohs because Egyptian religion needed a god-king to work. Roman emperors only called themselves pharaohs while visiting Egypt.
DQ9PJ TIL about the Krankies - a comedy duo presenting themselves as a schoolboy ("Wee Jimmy Krankie") and a paternal figure ("Ian Krankie"). And then I learned that they were in fact a wife (Janette Tough) and a husband (Ian Tough) in real life. "Fan' Dabi' Dozi" was one of their most famous acts...