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TIL a ship called the HMS Black Joke used to chase down and fight slave traders.

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dDmLB TIL Researchers observed hundreds of students snogging in 1984 and concluded that kissing resulted in no transmission of the cold virus
DQaAD TIL people were drinking beer and eating blue cheese over 2 thousand years ago according to studies of ancient bowel movements discovered in caves
gMeE4 TIL: Helium is the only element that was not first discovered on Earth. Instead, it was discovered in 1868 in the form of previously unknown spectral lines in the light of the sun.
loOaK Til- Harper Lee's friends, for Christmas gave her 1 years salary, so she could write. She went on to write To Kill a Mockingbird. One of the most recognized books of all time.
78OVx TIL in May 1945, the 12th Army Group under the command of Omar Bradley numbered 1.3 million men in 43 divisions, and is the largest group of US soldiers to ever serve under an American field commander.