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TIL Blackbeard died 296 years ago to this day. He received five bullet wounds and twenty sword cuts. His head was cut off and his body thrown overboard. As legend has it his headless body swam around the ship 3 times before sinking.

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VM0op TIL that a study done on people suffering from depression who also had a Vitamin B12 deficiency showed that in 100 percent of subjects the depression improved after taking B12 supplements
kOGPe TIL that session musician Nicky Hopkins played the piano on the Beatles "Revolution" and the Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter".
4pRN TIL In 2009, Sophie–an Australian cattle dog–fell overboard in rough waters off of the Australian coast, swam five miles to an uninhabited island, and survived for four months hunting feral goats before being rescued.
0W45 TIL The Yakuza (Japanese Mafia) have been sending debtors to work the extremely hazardous cleanup at Fukushima to pay off their gambling/drug debts. Most don’t have the proper training to do the job right.
7rjY7 TIL about Francesco Corbetta. He brought the guitar to the rest of the world and was one of the first people to write complex plucked music for the instrument. If it wasn’t for him, the guitar would be a folk instrument restricted to Spain and Italy.