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TIL In 2001 a man slipped on ice and drowned in his cat's water bowl

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Ogp7 TIL up until 1910, the Brazilian Navy routinely lashed black crewmen aboard their ships. After a crewman received 250 lashes, crews aboard 4 warships mutinied and threatened to shell Rio de Janeiro. Although Brazil did not honor promised amnesty for the mutineers, the lash was never used again.
rR4mw TIL that according to the FDA, ketchup cannot flow more than 14 centimeters in 30 seconds at 20 degrees Celsius when tested in a Bostwick Consistometer. Otherwise, it must be labeled “Below Standard in Quality.”
4Wlo TIL of Nancy Wake, a secret agent who served Britain during WW2 and who became the Gestapo’s most wanted person. Her exploits included judo-chopping a man to death, and cycling 310 miles undetected through German territory and checkpoints to replace codes which had been destroyed in a raid.
Ww7L TIL on Google News you can search and read old print newspapers, going as far back as 1752
m1Odo TIL the Solomon Islands Parliament Building was built as a US$ 5 million gift from the United States government, in memory of the US servicemen who died in the Battle of Guadalcanal