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TIL While on trial by the oligarchic regime that ruled Athens at the time, a politician named Theramenes gave an impressive speech that seemed to be swaying the jury. In response, the regime had a number of goons openly carrying daggers to stand in front of the assembly, as an intimidation tactic

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vB0R TIL that the first unofficial mascot of the USPS, Owney the Postal Dog, actually went “postal” in 1897. After biting a worker, the “Toledo postmaster summoned a police officer, who shot him, thus ending the career of the famous little dog.”
VMM4 TIL Rats, when orally administered fullerenes, lived nearly 100% longer without negative effects
yQX9l TIL that the notorious Nazi general, Erwin Rommel, abandoned the mother of his first child.
ZpdbB TIL Up until the late 19th century in Naples, pasta was a street food eaten with bare hands. People would tilt back their head and lower the pasta into their open mouths, often one uninterrupted fistful after another. Tourists would come to Naples just to watch the locals eat in the streets.
R7Mol TIL LBJ had an amphibious car on his Texas ranch. He would drive new visitors around in it, then pretend the brakes had gone out and drive into a pond.