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TIL the Instrument of Government and the Humble Petition and Advice were the only codified constitutions of England

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gV5X TIL the South Korean government is in the beginning stages of making insects a primary source of food
69MVY TIL that Duangphet Phromthep, the Captain of the Wild Boars Thai football team who were rescued from a flooded cave in 2018, took his own life in 2023
wolWY TIL Descartes was about to publish "The World" in 1633 but then he learned that Galileo had been condemned for publishing the view that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Descartes suppressed his book but still hoped that his physics would one day be taught in Catholic schools
ggpL TIL that a Seattle man trained to fight a wild 80 pound octopus, underwater, in it’s natural habitat, without any weapon or SCUBA gear. He won the fight and then ate the octopus.
vgeD TIL that if a commercial airplane sits delayed on the tarmac for more than 3 hours, the FAA will fine the airline $27,500 per passenger. For larger planes, the total can be upwards of $10 million for the single flight.