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TIL Commodus once held a grand 14 day gladiatorial event with himself as the center piece. The "highlights" include him killing 100 bears in a day. The crowd was hesitant to attend the arena due to a rumour that he would start shooting random spectators in reenactment of the stymphalian birds myth

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NXPv8 TIL in 2010, a fully functioning Narco sub was found in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Made of fiberglass and kevlar, it could carry 10 tons of cocaine, 5 people, and had air-conditioning on board.
9wxdM TIL that the illustrated wizard on the back cover of first edition of Harry Potter was not any character in the book but a drawing of the illustrator's father. The artist did not know the book would end up being a hit and just drew any random picture instead.
BrvXD TIL that the last casualty of the Civil War was the death of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, who after being wounded Battle of Petersburg in 1864 "lingered" until he finally died of his war wounds in 1914. Between his wounding and death he won the medal of honor and was elected Governor of Maine.
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QJja9 TIL "A rabbit differs from other mammals in that the female ovulates after being mounted by a male. This is called induced ovulation. This is the only time she produces an egg."