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TIL that both the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" and Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series were both inspired by just three consecutive lines from a single scene of Shakespeare's King Lear

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J1wlQ TIL Sonora Carver, one of the first female horse divers, went blind from retinal detachment while diving with her horse, Red Lips, at an Atlantic City show in 1931. Despite her permanent injury, she continued horse diving for another 11 years.
4XR9a TIL that Indonesians are the most charitable people in the world. "Despite having a steady economy and labor force, 40 percent of the country lives below the poverty line, making their number one ranking even more impressive and inspiring."
Mer1W TIL that North-Korea is heavily involved in the manufacturing and even exporting of hard-drugs like methamphetamine. Even going as far as having state-run laboratories manufacturing them.
6EAyX TIL Emperor Commodus went insane, renaming everything after himself. Rome became Commodiana, the Legionaries > Commodianae, The Roman Senate > Commodian Senate, Roman > Commodian, and every month renamed after him. Eventually, the Prefects had enough and paid a wrestler to strangle him to death.
QNgRa TIL the Lakota word for "white man" literally means "takes the fat" or "takes the largest portion"