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TIL that one unofficial method of defending merchant vessels against Somali pirates is to blast Britney Spears music. And it has been reported to be effective.

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BgXPL TIL that Naked Mole-Rats are “the longest-lived rodent, … almost never get cancer, … don’t feel pain like other mammals, they live in underground colonies and [… ] don’t have a drop in fertility as they age.”
OG1Be Today I learned only 6 to 7% of US companies use the unlimited PTO system in 2024. Future years are likely to be the same
GYlGQ TIL Ichiro Suzuki learned to speak Spanish just so he could talk trash to other players.
e65L TIL - Humans can outrun any animal on earth in a marathon.
ZpKwB TIL that the city of Philadelphia, which was where Washington had to live when he was president, had laws in place that said any slave that lived there for more than 6 months would be freed. So, Washington set up a rotational schedule exchanging his slaves between states to prevent their freedom.