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TIL although forcing captives to walk the plank has been a motif of pirates in popular culture since the 19th century, there are no documented instances of it taking place during the classical "Golden Age of Piracy" (which ended by 1730). The few instances that were recorded occurred well after that

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VPXG TIL the text “This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental" that’s at the end of films came about because the Russian prince who killed Rasputin sued MGM for not accurately depicting Rasputin’s murder in their 1932 film Rasputin and the Empress.
wLRx1 TIL That, since 2008, China has built nearly enough high speed rail (23,500mi) to go around the circumference of the earth (24,901mi)
8ee0b TIL when rock-formatted radio station WLUP-FM in Chicago were, at the time, being sold to a Christian broadcaster in March 2018, radio DJ Steve Dahl wanted WLUP to play "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC to be its final song before the reformat.
XE77X TIL lack of personal hygiene and body smell is such an issue at Super Smash Bros tournaments that some tournaments now disqualify players not keeping up with hygiene and even resorted to passing out deodorant.
kOBK5 TIL that Steven Spielberg is the reason we have historical World War II first person shooters. Medal of Honor was created in 1999 Steven Spielberg wanted to make a video game that could teach kids about World War II. his game laid down the the groundwork for the genre to continue