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TIL That The Original Michael Myers Mask Was Just A Modified Captain Kirk mask.

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rNmZx TIL that in 1889, the Brazilian military, alongside slave-owning elites, organized a coup to overthrow emperor Pedro II for abolishing slavery. In response, a group of freed slaves organized themselves into a militia known as the Black Guard in order to guarantee the safety of the Imperial Family.
kOK14 TIL that Kansas is demonstrably flatter than a pancake
v1n4x TIL a couple lost thousands in a lawsuit because of emojis, that made the landlord assume they'd rent the apartment but they never did.
r6a0 TIL The Royal Navy commissioned a class of fast patrol boats during the 1950s which were all prefixed with the word ‘gay’. Names of boats in this class included Gay Bruiser and Gay Charger.
ZnOo TIL that the world’s largest brothel, with 500 rooms, was built in Seattle in 1910. It was so scandalous that the mayor lost his job, and the building became the ordinary Lester Apartments. It was destroyed 40 years later when an air force bomber crashed into it.