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TIL that Terry Pratchett was a Skyrim and Oblivion modder

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4XQ9a TIL Albert Camus had a life long fear of automobiles. When he started writing about Absurdism, he wrote: "the most absurd way to die is in a car crash". He died of a car crash on 4 January, 1960.
Ypogv TIL that the verb 'to duck' came before the name for the animal 'duck', and that the animal 'duck' comes from them ducking underwater
XE8Lr TIL Ancient Romans used to wipe their butt with a communal sponge on a stick, rinsing it with vinegar or salt water before leaving it for the next person.
R5Ko9 TIL about Tokyo Rose - a group of Japanese female propagandists who broadcast a radio show throughout the South Pacific and continental U.S. to demoralize the allied Navy during WWII. One of their number was found guilty of treason, and subsequently pardoned in the US.