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TIL Apple tells moviemakers that villains can’t use their products.

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6E6gY TIL that when Socrates was found guilty of impiety and corruption of the youth, his punishment was put to a vote. He had the choice to suggest an alternative to death, but instead nominated that Athens provide him free meals for the rest of his life.
XRwk TIL Canada declared war on Japan before the USA after Pearl Harbour
PYRPg TIL that Muammar Gaddafi had a burning hatred of Switzerland. Following the brief detention of his family in Geneva, Gadaffi declared a jihad against the country and used all of his speaking time at the 2008 G8 Summit to propose the country's abolition.
0d1GR TIL that "DB Cooper" was not the actual alias used by the infamous hijacker. It was the one that was mistakingly reported in the press and quickly spread.
R7e67 TIL John Everett Millais had a model sit in a bathtub for five months for his painting depicting Lady Ophelia's death by drowning.