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TIL that America’s first recorded student protest, the Great Butter Rebellion, was sparked by the cry ‘Behold, our butter stinketh! - give us therefore, butter that stinketh not.’

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m1dMo TIL that Roman consular Manius Aquillus was executed by Mithridates of Pontus in 88 BC by having molten gold poured down his throat.
69QQY TIL there is a term specifically referring to the bare skin area between over-knee socks and the end of a miniskirt or shorts: "Absolute Territory."
jPdX TIL that the French Foreign Legion allows you to enlist with a fake identity, allowing members to effectively start their lives over.
16JjO TIL of Dick Roth, a swimmer who was diagnosed with appendicitis shortly before the men’s 400m individual medley in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. He refused an immediate operation and instead swam in the finals, winning a gold medal.
1MZ4 TIL the fanged pitcher plant and the carpenter ant have a mutualistic relationship whereby the plant’s stem provides a home for small colonies of ants who in turn keep the chemistry of the pitcher’s liquid balanced by removing large insects from inside, preventing the liquid from spoiling.