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TIL the concept of the “rap battle” has existed since the 5th century, where poets would engage in “flyting,” a spoken word event where poets would insult one another in verse

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dQZd TIL Karl Marx’s grave has an entry fee
Zp55Y TIL the familiar 'valentine' logo at the beginning and ending of 'I Love Lucy' wasn't added until the show went into syndication. The show was originally sponsored by Philip Morris and began with Lucy and Ricky dancing around a huge pack of cigarettes.
wLPa6 TIL that Richard Nixon once got drunk and ordered a nuclear strike on North Korea before sobering and cancelling it
1aGVr TIL that because of the Universe's expansion, a signal from an event happening at present will never reach the Earth if the event is more than 16 billion light years away
k0g1 TIL that in 2005, the DEA reported seizing $477 million worth of drugs, whereas the estimated value of drugs sold within and into the US is $64 billion dollars. This makes the efficiency rate of the DEA less than 1% at curtailing US drug trade.