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TIL Heavy Metal Under the Sea: Sharks Act Calmer When Listening to AC/DC.

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neg6r TIL It was common for elite Romans and Greeks to paint their banquet floors with pictures of food scraps. This trend was called “asarotos oikos”, or “unswept room”.
EOvP TIL There is a North Korean village just across the border with South Korea nicknamed “Propaganda Village”. It is apparently uninhabited and for many years it had speakers that broadcast propaganda across the border 24/7.
wLkg6 TIL Richard Branson has Dyslexia and had poor academic performance. On his last day at school, the headmaster told him he would either end up in prison or become a millionaire.
BrQbd TIL about the Grafton castaways, a real-life Gilligan's Island. Shipwrecked for 18 months in the Auckland islands in 1864, the 5 men lived in a thatched hut complete with glass windows and bookshelves. They built a forge to work metal, tanned leather, made soap from seashells, and even brewed beer.
e0weJ TIL that Washington state sends it's most dangerous sex offenders to an island in the Puget Sound accessible only by a restricted state run ferry.