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TIL Somali Pirates at one point had an investment firm. That’s right; you could invest in the Somali Pirates, and receive a cut of their loot if their plunder was successful.

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nedPb TIL Bruce Lee could deliver a blow in 5/10 of a second from a distance of one meter (and 8/10 of a second from a meter and a half). It's 1/20 of the time it takes for a person to blink. At the time the standard cameras couldn't cope with the speed of Bruce's blows. His strikes were not visible.
e0b6g TIL when the USS S-5 began partially sinking after a failed submerged test run it was approached by the steam ship Atlanthus who signaled them "Where bound?" to which the S-5 responded with "Hell by compass."
N7YV6 TIL despite John Logie Baird inventing the television, broadcast television, and transatlantic television broadcasts, he still only came 44th on a list of 'Greatest Britons'.
QJnYp TIL about Frank "Sugarchile" Robinson, who taught himself to play piano at the age of two, played with Lionel Hampton when he was 5, was the first black entertainer at the White House Correspondents dinner when he was 8, recorded for Capitol Records (with two hits) from 9-12 then retired from music.
axo0 TIL that “duckies” (“duckys”) was a medieval English slang term for a woman’s breasts, used by (among others) Henry VIII in letters to Anne Boleyn.