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TIL Japanese Mass Suicides in WW2

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gnl7 TIL that a Pythagorean Cup, also known as a Greedy Cup, is made to spill its contents if too much wine is poured in, encouraging moderation
b9E9 TIL at serial killer Carl Panzram’s execution, when asked if he had any last words, he said, “Yes, hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could kill ten men while you’re fooling around!”
WlPB TIL there was such bad communication between the officers on the Titanic that the ship’s quartermaster, George Rowe, did not know the ship was sinking until he asked why he had seen lifeboats being lowered into the water
PYG5L TIL American chemist Alexander Shulgin personally tested hundreds of drugs, meticulously recording their effects in his lab notebooks. He is also credited with introducing MDMA to psychologists in the late 1970s.
Z8BWQ TIL A fortune cookie company accurately predicted winning lottery numbers resulting in 110 people winning between $100,000 and $500,000