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TIL in Japan the Pile of Poo emoji (?) means “good luck”
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TIL In 1908 William "Bigfoot" Anakin, a local champion, was taken along by a publican to court to help demonstrate that darts was not gambling, it was a game of skill. He threw three darts in the center, no other court official could do the same. The judge ruled that darts was a game of skill.
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TIL Zipper entrapment is the most common cause of penile trauma in adults, with roughly around 2000 cases yearly.
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TIL about Triboulet, a notorious jester who was allowed to choose his own death after having insulted the Queen of France. He chose to die of old age, which make the King laughing so much, he banished him of the realm instead.
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TIL Nancy Wake was a secret agent during WWII. In 1944, she led 7000 guerrillas to defeat 22000 German soldiers, killing 1400 Germans and only losing 100 men. They accounted for 70% of the Germans killed by the French resistance, yet their fatalities made up only 1% of the French resistance deaths.
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TIL when Trevor Noah was growing up in Apartheid, his parents had to always walk on separate sides of the street, and whenever either parent was confronted about him, they had to deny that he was their child.