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TIL There was an ancient philosopher who would often troll people by “living by example.” This included masturbating in public, upon finishing said “If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly…”

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wJpE TIL of an obese man who was found to have hidden bags of weed in his fat folds, he was initially pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt because he was too large.
JQgB TIL the inventor of the pool noodle never patented the idea and was later cut out by the company he worked with to manufacture it. That company now makes 70% of the world’s pool noodles.
6VeZ TIL That the Vikings were actually much cleaner than we assume them to be today; Saxon women even preferred them to their own (Saxon)men.
P1Wbw TIL Abacus, a NY Chinese bank and 2,531st largest in the US, was the only US bank indicted for the 2008 financial crisis. An isolated incident of laundering money turned into an indictment for mortgage fraud. "They were the ones singled out." Abacus was found not guilty on all 240 charges.
oB81K TIL that according to the interpretation of Rav (one of the greatest Talmudic scholars), the "mark" G-d gave to Cain was a dog.