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TIL that in 1971, Private Eye magazine responded to a legal threat by telling the complainant to “fuck off”.

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W7QXL TIL that Vincent van Gogh was a failed missionary and art school dropout, suffered from psychotic episodes and delusions, drank and smoked heavily, spent time in psychiatric hospitals, lived with an alcoholic prostitute, and was a commercial failure when he died by suicide at age 37.
KO1Oa TIL a cucumber is not a vegetable it is actually a fruit due to it having flowers
Y7ZBG TIL there is a variant of insomnia that might break out in your 40s and kills you within months.
D1ZMj TIL that ancient Egyptians had 12 months of exactly 30 days each, with five epagomenal days to bring the total to 365. Each month was divided into three 10-day periods known as decans or decades.
LkvWQ TIL Of an incident in which the United States provided military aid to a North Korean cargo ship captured by Somalian pirates. Three of the sailors required medical treatment which was provided by US Medics. North Korean press provided the US with positive coverage, expressing gratitude.