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TIL that America is actually metric

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9Y607 TIL the first recorded incident of "mooning" was recorded by Josephus in 80 AD. A Roman soldier exposed his buttocks to Jewish pilgrims gathered in Jerusalem for Passover, resulting in a riot and eventual death of ten thousand people.
l7oA TIL That Tom Hardy (Bane) needed 3 inch heels to be the same height as Christian Bale so he could look him in the eyes.
Ya5P TIL that hundreds of prisoners were left to die in their cells during Hurricane Katrina as officials abandoned the prison.
LK7P TIL the song Smack My Bitch Up by Prodigy has only 6 different words in it, and 9 credited songwriters
b6J1Z TIL Robert C. Campbell, a Captain in the British Army in WWI. Captured as a prisoner of war by Imperial Germany in 1914, he was held in captivity for two years before appealing to the Kaiser for a visit to his dying mother. He was allowed and voluntarily returned to POW Camp until the end of the War