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TIL Samurais in Japan were concurrent with Cowboys in the American Old West

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pYyke TIL Fidel Castro, Mariano Rajoy, Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, and Queen Elizabeth II have all been prankcalled by people pretending to be other heads of states and world leaders. Castro reportedly "unleashed a torrent of swearwords" once he realized what was happening
wLN81 TIL Nintendo was found guilty of running a price fixing cartel in Europe for most of the 1990's
yV7gp TIL Philly Soul laid the groundwork for Disco genre
4kKk5 TIL that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4th, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Adams’ last words were ‘Thomas Jefferson survives’, but Jefferson died a few hours earlier.
rVOW TIL Curly from the Three Stooges suffered from social anxiety, alcoholism, and took solace in befriending stray dogs.