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TIL that the Wings song "Jet" was named based on Paul McCartney's Labrador Retriever named Jet.

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PY4Ag TIL about how medieval tax records were kept or why notched sticks were so important back then.
GYrrg TIL Noblesse oblige is generally used to imply that with wealth, power, and prestige come responsibilities. Privilege must be balanced by duty towards those who lack such privilege. It can describe a person taking the blame for something in order to solve an issue or save someone else.
WgMA TIL that Muhammad Ali was invited to North Korea in 1995 with a collection of other athletes. Though he didn’t speak much during the visit, at one function, as officials claimed they could take out the US or Japan whenever they wanted to, Ali declared loudly “no wonder we hate these motherfuckers.”