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TIL The Chinese Government has censored the word ‘Censorship’

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O5pg TIL that Octopus wrestling was a popular sport in the 1960s.
ANxWw TIL Rome was sacked by the Gauls in 390 BC, before it had become a major power. The defeat influenced the Romans to move away from the Greek fixed phalanx form of fighting toward the use of maniples, or small maneuverable groups of soldiers that could adapt more quickly without being pinned down
LQAm TIL in the UK, children over the age of 5 can legally drink alcohol, so long as they’re in either their house or a friend’s.
WPbB TIL the Cofounder of Firefox created JavaScript and is the CEO of a new company web browser called Brave which blocks ALL ads including youtube ads before & in the middle of the videos
R57D6 TIL that Winston Churchhill defended the collaborationist Security Batallions of Greece, which encouraged them to commit war crimes under the belief that their actions would go unpunished. Almost all of them walked free after the Allies won WWII.