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TIL an Australian journalist was kidnapped by Iraqi insurgents, but was released 24 hours later after the Iraqi insurgents used Google to verify that he’s journalist.

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gMkM7 TIL in 1589, William Lee was refused a patent grant for his knitting machine after Elizabeth I feared automation would lead to mass unemployment
neVPG TIL that in 89 BC Roman soldiers have reportedly captured a satyr (a mythical creature) while at war in Greece. They’ve brought it to their general Sulla for interrogation, but it only spoke in something like a cross between the neighing of a horse and the bleating of a goat.
kJVKe TIL Spain used to have festival where tradition was to throw a goat from the Church window.
4koeb TIL Bank Holidays List for June 2024 : जून के महीने में 13 दिन बैंक रहेंगे बंद, जानें छुट्टियों का टाइम- टेबल
b9Kd9 TIL: An Alaskan husky in the Iditarod will burn about 9,666 calories each day; a rate of caloric burn 3.5 times that of a human Tour de France cyclist. The aerobic capacity of a typical Iditarod dog is three times that of a human Olympic marathon runner.