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TIL In Switzerland, it’s illegal to own just one guinea pig because they’re prone to loneliness

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6EAyX TIL Emperor Commodus went insane, renaming everything after himself. Rome became Commodiana, the Legionaries > Commodianae, The Roman Senate > Commodian Senate, Roman > Commodian, and every month renamed after him. Eventually, the Prefects had enough and paid a wrestler to strangle him to death.
p8rvN TIL the vast majority of plastic polluting our oceans doesn't come from straws or bottles. It comes from abandoned fishing gear.
KYGlE TIL 'Project West Ford,' a 1963 attempt by the US military to create an artificial ionosphere above Earth. They launched 480 million tiny copper needles into space to facilitate global radio communication. The project was short-lived, and the needles eventually clumped together and fell out of orbit
VBdkB TIL that the first astronaut to be yelled at by NASA was John Young, one of the most accomplished astronauts in history, after he smuggled a corned-beef sandwich on Gemini 3.
OpJL TIL the record for longest consecutive prison sentence ending with the prisoners release is 68 years. Paul Geidel was convicted of 2nd degree murder at the age of 17 and was released at the age of 86.