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TIL That up until the 1970's it was common to own a slave in the Philippines

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WllB TIL that David Robinson grew so tall (7'0" by graduation) at the Naval Academy that he could not have served at sea, hurting any career in the US Navy. Instead of leaving the academy, as a compromise he was assigned to shore duty as an engineer before becoming a basketball superstar in the NBA.
4XL6J TIL Fleetwood Mac's 'Rhiannon' (about a Welsh witch) and 'Angel' were based on the Mabinogion. They were the earliest prose stories in Britain (12th - 13th centuries) and were written in Welsh.
vPBgB TIL that in just 20 months ( three campaigning seasons), the Roman Republic lost one-fifth (150.000) of the entire male population of citizens over 17 years of age during the Second Punic Wars (218 - 201 BC)
GYGV7 TIL a Russian eagle named "Min" & 3 other eagles being tracked by scientists unexpectedly flew into Iran/Pakistan; the birds racked up so many out-of-network data roaming charges on SMS text transmitters that scientists had to take out a loan & ask for help on social media to pay off the phone bill.
b4KQ TIL The person who designed Eve from Wall-E also helped design the iPhone, iMac and iPod.