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TIL Socrates was so annoying that people nicknamed him the Gadfly (horse fly), but instead of an insult he started calling himself the Gadfly.

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GA9lg TIL the term “sarcophagus” literally means “flesh-eater” because the limestone used for them was believed to accelerate decomposition.
k7Rm TIL: The lyrics and song “The God who Failed” by Metallica were inspired by Hetfield’s anguish on the circumstances surrounding his mother’s death. She died of cancer after refusing medical attention, solely relying on her belief in God to heal her.
KwlE TIL that a white dove landed on Fidel Castro’s shoulder while he gave a speech, just after he liberated Cuba. It sat there one hour.
pYBGQ TIL that the rock climbing community has an agreed-upon difficulty scale they use to classify climbing routes. The highest difficulty level, 9C, has only been awarded to one route, named Silence, in central Norway. It was successfully climbed for the first and only time to date in 2018.
JaDl TIL that last year in Norway, a fox lured by a dying-rabbit app stole the phone, made calls, texts.