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TIL the first recorded incident of "mooning" was in 80 AD. A Roman soldier showed his buttocks to Jewish pilgrims gathered in Jerusalem for Passover. This led to riots and the deaths of ten thousand people.

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4l06 TIL that Ernest Hemingway once fired a sub-machine gun at sharks that attacked a tuna he was trying to land; the blood from the bullets caused the sharks to attack even harder
e1aE TIL in March 6, 2010 a blind hiker set on the Appalachian trail with a goal to inspire other visually impaired people. Seven months later, he finished hiking the 1,700 miles using only a cellphone, GPS open-source software, and hearing to locate camps, trailheads, and water sites.
b9Dva TIL the surface of the Moon is actually dark, although compared to the night sky it appears very bright, with a reflectance just slightly higher than that of worn asphalt.
5YZDn TIL that Cicero delivered such a devastating initial speech as the prosecutor of Gaius Verres' trial, Verres' own defense advocate could only recommend he fled Rome.
e0J4D TIL 12-year-old Ralph (Peter Billingsley) from 'A Christmas Story' was given real chewing tobacco on set and got sick.