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TIL: Yankee Doodle was originally written as a dis track by the British

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YBKZ TIL: In Japan, a kidnapper hid his victim for more than nine years in an apartment he shared with his mother.
vNnK TIL King Gustav III of Sweden commissioned an experiment to prove coffee was poisonous. Overseen by two doctors, a prisoner was forced to drink three pots of coffee a day until he died. Both doctors and the King died before the prisoner.
oZO8 TIL that USMC Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, recipient of 16 medals (five for heroism), wrote a booklet called “War is a Racket” detailing the conspiratorial nature of the US military and war-profiteers
5gGR TIL a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
kOXZE TIL that blind people can use echolocation to see