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TIL Son Goku was chosen as an ambassador of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

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MkWA TIL in 2010 NY Governor David Paterson pardoned a black man for shooting an unarmed white teen to death after only serving 5 months of his sentence

wpxP TIL The Egyptians, not Julius Caesar, were the fathers of the modern calendar. The Roman calendar was lunar and had 355 days. Egyptians knew it was 365 days because the Nile would peak on the same day each year. Caesar learned this from his affair with Cleopatra and created the Julian calendar.

Mejdb TIL the strongest beer ever sold is "The End of History", which was brewed by BrewDog in Fraserburgh, Scotland and has an alcohol volume of 55%. Bottles were sold for £500 (US $806) each or £700 ($1,129) when packaged in a taxidermied squirrel. The last bottles were sold in July 2010.

v1jeR TIL that over 108 billion people have lived on the Earth and today's population of 7.5 billion represents 7% of humans that have ever lived.

R5mKl TIL that in 1846, William Armstrong invented the hydraulic crane, using pressurized water instead of steam. First used at Newcastle docks, it boosted efficiency and led to the hydraulic accumulator—tech that laid the groundwork for modern hydraulic systems.