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TIL Warner Bros Discovery bought the rights to distribute the Olympics coverage to all 50 European countries for Paris 2024 and the next 4 Olympics and limits national public broadcasters the amount of live coverage

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bOgQ TIL that during WW2 three bombs hit a church in Malta: two “bounced off” and did not explode and one pierced the church, landing among a congregation of 300, but did not explode.
4XGYo TIL that onions, garlic, and other alliums are toxic, and even deadly to dogs, especially in powdered form, with as little as .5% body weight consumption required to reach toxicity.
vPek4 TIL: The Epic of Gilgamesh – written 700 BCE – resembles various themes, plot elements, and characters from the Hebrew Bible. Notably, the accounts of the Garden of Eden, the advice from Ecclesiastes, and the Genesis flood narrative.
neNp9 TIL early water mains were made of wood and firemen would drill into them to get access and then put in a fire plug which was marked for possible future fires and evolved into modern day fire hydrants.
R7gJQ TIL author Ed Abbey’s last wishes were for friends to transport his body in a pickup truck, foregoing undertakers, embalming or coffin in favor of an old sleeping bag and disregarding all laws concerning burial. He was laid to rest at a secret location in Arizona’s Cabeza Prieta desert.