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TIL that rap battles existed long before. “Flyting” was an insult battle practiced even in Medieval England’s courts.

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yVL6e TIL That children who live with unrelated males most commonly their moms' boyfriends or husbands, are almost 50 times more likely to die violently then kids who live with both their biological parents.
1a8P8 TIL: While taking a picture or video with the iphone camera, you can hold your finger down on a certain spot to lock the focus and exposure. This stops the lighting from constantly changing while you are recording a video! Just found this out and it's so helpful!
vlVR TIL in December 2002 a 60-year-old mechanic was fined for failing to notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency that he’d removed his motorcycle from the road. He refused to pay and claimed that he had the right by medieval law to choose a trial by combat with a “champion” nominated by the DVLA
XEYQk TIL there was so much fruitless speculation about the origin of language that scholars now refer to silly theories by nicknames: the bow-wow, pooh-pooh, ding-dong, yo-he-ho, ta-ta and la-la theories.
xpO1 TIL John F. Kennedy’s last words were, “No, you certainly can’t” in response to the Governor of Texas’s wife, Nellie Connally saying, “you certainly can’t say that the people of Dallas haven’t given you a nice welcome.” Moments later he was assassinated.