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TIL The original version of the Tetris theme song is about a merchant who seduces women to get them to buy his wares.

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KODMa TIL Pliny the Elder, the Roman author and philosopher, died after sailing on a rescue mission to Pompeii to save his friends from the eruption
Ne9e TIL Scientists are developing a method of erasing negative emotional memories (like a break-up) using mild electric shocks.
GYYXE TIL Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle was mentioned as a possible suspect in the "Piltdown Man" hoax - one of the most significant scientific hoaxes of the 20th century
KYdMQ TIL the true story of Moby Dick. A whale sunk a crew’s main ship - leaving 3 sailboats. They’d live if they sailed to a nearby island. Out of fear from (false) stories of cannibalism, they tried going back to the mainland. In tragic irony, they got lost at sea and had to resort to cannibalism.
rMrw TIL that tattoos among sailors became popular in order to help Americans prove their ID to avoid impressment into the Royal Navy. They also helped to identify bodies lost at sea.