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TIL Some of the male background characters in in ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ can be seen wearing skirts. This was explained as “a logical development, given the total equality of the sexes presumed to exist in the 24th century.”

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B5Dx TIL that George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm among others, was a Spanish Civil War veteran. He served with the Workers’ Party of Marxist Unification, an anti-Stalinist communist international brigade fighting for the Loyalist (Republican) faction.
Qka TIL The total weight of all ants combined is greater than the total weight of all humans combined
VMbbp TIL In fascist Italy, people deemed to be the enemies of the state were forced to drink castor oil as a punishment: this was often used after beatings as the dehydration effect complicated the recovery.
EwEp TIL that Russia trained dolphins how to kill people with harpoons and then sold them to Iran after running out of dolphin food
WKQL TIL Using a chloroform soaked rag as an incapacitating agent is pure fiction. It is nearly impossible to incapacitate someone using chloroform in this manner.