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TIL Greek poet Hipponax was so good at insulting people that some of them killed themselves

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wLQM TIL there is an log that has been floating in Crater Lake, Oregon for over 100 years
Ea5X TIL: The U.S. actually imports more oil from Canada than all of the Middle Eastern countries combined. Canada alone accounts for 40% of all U.S. oil imports
BrPMW TIL during the Edo period in Japan, some firefighters set fires intentionally so they could show off their firefighting skills in public or create more business for themselves since some firefighters had construction businesses. Some firefighters were executed for this.
GO65 TIL the CNN “Technology Specialist” who speculated that “the hacker known as ‘4Chan’” was “a systems administrator who knew his way around and how to hack things” is now a radio anchor and technology contributor for Fox News.
0d0j1 TIL Saddam Hussein wrote four novels including a romance drama set during the medieval times. This was believed to be an allegory with the villain representing the United States and the hero representing Saddam Hussein.