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TIL Spike Spiegel is a True Gentleman. He did not lay a single hand on his opponent (She). Furthermore, he acknowledges her strength by being on the defense and just breaking her guard at times by poking and transferring momentum with the broom. Genuinely such cool little detail I just noticed.

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R78mw TIL that 'Orangey', the cat from 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', often scratched and bit actors on set, and some productions and sets would have to be shut down because he would run away. This led him to be nicknamed 'the world's meanest cat' by one studio executive.
XEvYr TIL of Ching Shih. Originally a prostitute who married a pirate, she ended up commanding a fleet of 20,000-40,000 pirates, battling the Portuguese empire, British empire, and Qing Dynasty at various stages. She married her adopted son, had two children with him and died a free woman at age 69.
nRy9 TIL during the inauguration of the Roman colosseum 9000 animals were killed in 100 days. Some species of animals were killed in such large numbers that they went extinct.
NM7Q TIL some deep sea sea cucumbers can slough off their bioluminscent skin upon contact, thus turning their predators into targets
0l6y TIL most deaths from overdoses occur when a recovering addict relapses, and takes a dose that they’ve by then lost the tolerance for.