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TIL that there is a programming language called INTERCAL which have keywords like IGNORE, PLEASE , FORGET. If you don’t use PLEASE enough times while coding,Compiler rejects the code.

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v10Xr TIL: the SU was the supplier of Titanium for the SR-71 which should spy on the SU
XErp8 TIL that 2 students were arrested and sentenced to 7 years in prison, in Portugal for "raising a toast to freedom" in 1960. The news of this inspired British lawyer Peter Benenson to lay down the foundation for one of the largest human rights organizations in the world, the Amnesty International.
4XXJb TIL that hip hop was created by a guy called DJ Kool Herc in the Bronx, NY
PYZEn TIL that in order to appease Persia for killing their ambassadors, Sparta sent two young noblemen volunteers, Bulis and Sperthias, to offer themselves to be executed in atonement. Xerxes sent the men back, saying that he would not sink to Sparta's level and did not consider Sparta's guilt loosened.
Yyg7 TIL that the war on drugs was persecuted as a personal crusade by one man. During his 31 year career,Harry Anslinger helped shape global drugs policy and ordered that a dying Billie Holiday be handcuffed to her death bed