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Til that Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered one of his sons to kill himself.

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16vo7 TIL that in 1996 a woman by the name of Georgiana Doerschuck ran for President. Her entire campaign platform was on banning computers. She received a measly 140 votes in the New Hampshire Primary.
D1dKV TIL planned obsolescence is illegal in France; it is a crime to intentionally shorten the lifespan of a product with the aim of making customers replace it. In early 2018, French authorities used this law to investigate reports that Apple deliberately slowed down older iPhones via software updates.
0w4nv TIL that the British anthem was derived from a French song composed in the 17th century to celebrate the healing of Louis XIV's anal fistula.
ADr9d TIL the human penis likely once had spines
xxZb TIL that Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols auditioned for the band by singing along to an Alex Cooper record. Guitarist Steve Jones later said that “Rotten looked the part with his green hair, but he couldn’t sing. Then again, we couldn’t play, so it was okay.”