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TIL of the Zong Massacre. In 1781, a British slave ship threw 130 chained African slaves overboard and claimed compensation under the ship's insurance. They falsely blamed the act on water shortage and lost their case.

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NXwVM TIL that the character 'Sheen Estevez' from Jimmy Neutron was initially intended to be of Japanese descent.
MLna TIL there’s a giant American wasp with a sting so painful, one peer-reviewed journal advises anyone who gets stung to “lie down and scream” to avoid further injury.
BreBK Today I learned all Navel Oranges are genetically identical, the trees originally grafted in the 1800's from one mutant branch on a tree in a monastery in Brazil. The mutation that made it seedless just happened to cause a smaller conjoined twin to grow on one end, the "navel".
78kkx TIL There is no period in Dr Pepper after it was removed in the 1950s because the logo at the time made it resemble "Di: Pepper"
Vepk TIL nestled within the ubiquitous Law and Order “dun dun” sound effect, which combines roughly six to seven different sounds, is the sound of 500 Japanese men stomping their feet on a wooden floor