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TIL: IPAs came from beer being shipped from England to India in barrels, the beer needed higher alcohol and hop content to preserve it, so they created a new style of beer.

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R7Rpa TIL the last words of Alexander Blackwell, “I’m sorry for the mistake but this is the first time I’ve been beheaded.” Spoken after he laid his head on the wrong side of the chopping block and was corrected by the executioner.
6oBY TIL that the British Royal Navy (at substantial cost) established a fleet of ships known as the ‘West Africa Squadron’ which would patrol the west coast of Africa, capturing slave ships. This fleet is estimated to have captured 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 African slaves between 1808 & 1860.
xVxPg TIL that Marlon Brando was once sued for $40,000 for punching a paparazzi photographer in the face, breaking his jaw and knocking out five of his teeth. Undaunted, the same photographer later tried to photograph Brando again, but wore a football helmet to protect himself.
MBQm TIL of the Slave-Making Ant. They capture and enslave the young of other species of ants.However, some species of the captured ants have been noted to rebel overtime, toppling the nest of their captors and putting up their own Queen as a new ruler.
N7Bm1 TIL powerful people are indeed more likely to take candy from a baby according to several studies. Researches at Berkeley believe power has a somewhat dehumanizing effect on people, and the powerful are more self-focused and less empathetic.