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TIL revenge killings were legal in Japan up to 1873

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4XRZN TIL 300,000 students in Monrtréal protested for over 100 days over a 75% hike in tuition prices.
N7YAN TIL that Taron Egerton sang “I’m Still Standing” by Elton John as the Gorilla in the movie “Sing” prior to starring in the movie “Rocket Man” as Elton John where he sings the same song.
oAXW TIL a species of vulture has been found to fly at 37,000 feet (almost 2 miles higher than Mt. Everest). This was discovered in 1973 when a jet struck a bird at cruising altitude and had to make an emergency landing.
ek5D TIL The founder of Scientology fought a 70 hour battle with two non-existent Japanese submarines after operating his ships SONAR wrong.
0dObM TIL that in 1947, a team of engineers working on the Harvard Mark II computer discovered that the system had crashed due to an actual moth stuck in a relay, and they taped the insect into their logbook, jokingly calling it the “first computer bug”—a term that has been used ever since.