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TIL that in 2007 the musician Shaggy was awarded the Jamaican Order of Distinction with the rank of Commander, meaning his proper title is "Commander Shaggy".

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b6J6a TIL Ezekiel Hart was twice elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada but was denied his seat on both occasions for being Jewish. Opponents to Hart wrote a poem declaring a Jew in the Assembly as more foolish than Caligula's appointing his horse a Roman consul.
VMgl4 TIL more and more people are booking cruises on cargo ships. Passengers like it because they are less crowded, there are less distractions, and you can go on routes traditional cruise ships don't frequent
XEMpk TIL that Mayim Bialik decided to get back into acting even after having already her PhD in neuroscience. Because by then, she was running out of health insurance.
XEYYk TIL about Chūnibyō , a japanese term which translates to "year-nine syndrome", typically used to describe early teens who have delusions of grandeur, who so desperately want to stand out that they have convinced themselves they have hidden knowledge or secret powers.
P0XV TIL reddit is part of The Internet Defense League - alongside 4chan, imgur, mozilla and several others