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TIL that sticking fingers up your opponents ass during a wrestling match is a legal move.

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xwW1 TIL that Jeff Bezos’ parents put several hundred thousand dollars into Amazon.com to get it started.
QNxY6 TIL In the early 17th century, people began to believe plaits were an external symptom of an internal illness. A growing plait was supposed to take the illness "out" of the body, and therefore it was rarely cut off; in addition, the belief that a cut-off plait could avenge itself
rN9gy TIL about one of the most crucial cybersecurity attacks in history, the SolarWinds hack. The attack, which was discovered in December 2020, compromised the networks of numerous government agencies including the US Department of Homeland Security and the US Treasury Department.
ADwPd TIL of the Paternoster, a dangerous elevator where you step in and out while it is in motion
p8EXG TIL that firing squads would always have one gun shooting a blank. This ensures that no one in the group is able to know for sure which of them fired the fatal round, deterring some of the guilt.