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TIL Ancient Egyptians were notorious for their subversive political humor and the Romans banned Egyptian advocates from law because all of their joking disrupted the sanctity of the courts.

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GB77 TIL: The same man who left Hugh Glass for dead (The Revenant) later lied to the Donner Party about Hastings Cutoff, sending them to their fate.
aEeJ TIL In 1996, when a man was arrested for wearing a Medal of Honor he did not earn a judge forced him to write an apology letter to all living Medal of Honor recipients as punishment.
1aEnr TIL Lego started by copying their product and designs from Hilary Fisher Page's Kiddicraft Blocks, eventually driving him to suicide after his company was ruined
LkNKr TIL that there are as many as 800 languages spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city on the planet, and nowhere in the world has more than Queens, according to the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA).
Qb7L TIL In 1988, actor Jimmy Stewart made a plea in Congressional hearings against Ted Turner’s decision to ‘colorize’ classic black and white films, including It’s a Wonderful Life, stating 'It’s morally and artistically wrong and these profiteers should leave our film industry alone"