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TIL of poena cullei, a Roman execution method for parricide where criminals were tied in a sack with live animals and drowned

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QJ4Gk TIL Paul McCartney wrote Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me), because Dustin Hoffman did not believe that he could write a song "about anything", so Hoffman pulled out a magazine where they saw the story about Picasso's last words and McCartney created a demo of the song and lyrics on the spot.
Lk0aQ TIL that several hits from major pop artists (including Katy Perry, Bon Jovi, Maroon 5, Backstreet Boys, and Taylor Swift) were actually written and produced by one single Swedish guy
VMG4 TIL Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is the cousin of former U.S. president George W. Bush.
6EmQl TIL the gold medalist in the men's triathlon in the 2016 Olympics ran the 10k portion in around 31 minutes. This is the same as running a mile in around 5 minutes for six times. The 10k portion of triathlon takes place after a 1.5 km swim and 40 km cycle with no breaks in between.
p8ZMA TIL that German is an official language of Belgium despite being spoken natively by less than 1% of the population