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TIL the oldest recorded joke in history is an Ancient Sumerian fart joke

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nW7ZP TIL the word tsunami actually means "harbor wave" because the ancient Japanese fishermen did not notice the shock wave passing them while they were out at sea because the wave does not unleash its destructive energy until it reaches shallow waters.
9YYND TIL Chinese leader Mao had relations with a 14 year old girl and the girl’s father tried to write an outraged letter to him after learning about it. But the post office brought the letter back and warned that insulting the Chairman could lead to extreme retribution or death
b91Rp TIL there is no Queen of England. The sovereign nation called England came to an end in 1707 following union with Scotland.
grV5y TIL about the Pittsburgh Agreement. In the wake of World War I, Czech and Slovak officials met in Pittsburgh, USA where they would sign a memorandum of understanding to form a new nation in Czechoslovakia
9YRxM TIL every morning, English submarines equipped with nuclear warheads emerge and tune in to BBC Radio 4 "Today" show. If it fails to transmit, they assume UK had been destroyed.