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TIL about Clem the only wild american alligator caught in the state of Arizona

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VMWLG TIL that the roman salute is unknown in Roman literature and is never mentioned by ancient historians of Rome
v1Qmx TIL about 'moral luck'. If two random drivers accidentally run a red light, but only one hits a person, we tend to think the latter is more guilty
XEdyR TIL about Decimal Time. Implemented during the French Revolution, it was thought up to simplify time and better regulate work. Clocks/calendars were changed so that a week now had 10 days, a day had 10 hours, an hour had a 100 minutes, and a minute had a 1000 seconds.
v1jmL TIL John F Kennedy revoked Sammy Davis Jr's inauguration invite due to his planned marriage to white actress May Britt
7r9XZ TIL that in 1985 French Military Agents bombed a green peace vessel in a New Zealand harbor that was there to protest French Nuclear testing on a nearby island. The blast killed one crewmember.