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TIL that when Victor Hugo died in 1885, some Parisian brothels reportedly closed for a day to mourn his passing.

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Y5d TIL that acetaminophen (paracetamol) reduces the pain of social rejection
7rwGp TIL King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand around 1960. An accidental monarch who was not born in the direct line of succession, he took the throne in 1946 at the age of 18 and became the personification of Thai nationhood. He would become known as the peoples king.
odMo TIL that on September 10, 2001, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced that the Pentagon had wasted or misplaced up to $2.3 trillion, or $8,000 for every man, woman, and child in the country, and promised to go after the unchecked Pentagon bureaucracy
pYPv8 TIL In 1989, Sherman Hemsley, the actor who played George Jefferson on sitcoms The Jeffersons and All In The Family, was also a jazz keyboardist- and he released a single, "Ain't That a Kick in the Head." This was followed in 1992 by Dance, an album of rhythm and blues music.
OGga TIL there’s a japanese company named Cyberdyne that invented a strength augmenting robotic exoskeleton. They named it HAL.