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TIL that slavery is still legal in the United States, as punishment for a crime.

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kJ5N4 TIL several Namco composers known for Ridge Racer, Tekken, and other video game soundtracks formed a parody/tribute band of Yellow Magic Orchestra, called "Oriental Magnetic Yellow".
8a4VG TIL: When Lawrence of Arabia was killed in a motorcycle accident in May 1935, his doctor, Hugh Cairns, realized that his life might have been saved had Lawrence been wearing a helmet. Cairns introduced crash helmets for military dispatch riders, thereby reducing fatalities by 50%.
dD9lr TIL a passage in a Tudor warrant book, discovered by an archivist in 2020, includes instructions from Henry VIII explaining precisely how he wanted his second wife, Anne Boleyn, to be executed. It shows his "premeditated, calculating manner". He knows exactly how and where he wants it to happen.
e0XX5 Today I learned of Saturn, the crocodile who survived WW2 in the inhospitable streets of Berlin after intense bombing, until dying recently at the ripe old age of 84.
R7x86 TIL that an asteroid named Ida is the first asteroid found to have a natural satellite orbiting it. The satellite is named Dactyle after the creatures that inhabit Mount Ida in Greek mythology.