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TIL in addition to his famous sword, "Excalibur," King Arthur had a spear named "Ron."

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R7dLw TIL that Emperor Akihito of Japan authored a scientific study of racoon poo
pYdnQ TIL: Javier Milei, newly elected president of Argentina, plans to convert to Judaism
RWK6 TIL an obsessed fan mailed Bjork a letter bomb containing sulfuric acid with the intention of being “The one person who changed her life the most”. He painted his body and committed suicide on camera, and his 18 hour video journal of this is available on YouTube.
nJ6o TIL that in Toy Biz v. United States, the manufacturing division for Marvel successfully argued in a court of law that mutants are “nonhuman creatures” to get around higher tariffs on toys depicting humans.
JADm TIL 70 years ago today, the Polish attacked the Nazis to liberate their capital. During the 9 week rebellion that followed, more than 200,000 died, mostly civilians. Now, every August first, the entire city of Warsaw stands still for a full minute to commemorate their fallen.