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TIL the Linux man command used to print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30 as a joke referencing the ABBA song “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)”. Added in 2011 as an Easter Egg, it went unnoticed until it broke automated tests, prompting its removal in 2017.

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drad TIL that Dr. Dre has made more money from making headphones than he did making music.
D1Llv TIL when the Sea Squirt or Tunicate becomes an adult, it sticks to a rock for the rest of its life. As it only needs to eat and reproduce by self-fertilisation, it eats or reabsorbs it's sense organs and nervous system as it no longer needs them.
N7aE6 TIL Roman soldiers captured a group of gothic women who were masquerading as male soldiers around 3rd century AD. The women were paraded through the streets of Rome with signs that mockingly labeled them “Amazons”.
0d7j1 TIL that the legend of Saints Barlaam and Josaphat is inspired by the stories of the Buddha. This legand also inspired Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice."