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TIL the Romans had multi tools long before the Swiss made them.

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eAJn TIL in 1779 US Captain John Paul Jones was engaged in battle with the royal Navy with a burning sinking ship he did not surrender and hours later jumped onto the British ship and took it over.
Ypb0x TIL That it's not a crime to escape prison in Germany and Belgium, because they say freedom is a basic human right
G41G TIL In 1989, the Australian youth radio station Triple J played the song “Express Yourself” by NWA on continuous loop for 24 hours (360 times in a row) while the station went on a protest strike against censorship of NWA’s song Fuck Tha Police
mD8R TIL, that when Marvin Gaye broke up with his first wife, she required a percentage of his next album, so he released an LP that was completely unsellable called “Here, my dear”
8aMEG TIL that petting a dog releases the hormone oxytocin, otherwise known as the “love hormone,” which is often dysregulated in people with social anxiety disorders and autism.