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TIL Roman citizens were entitled to free allotments of wine given to them by the state (skip to 20:20)

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7r5Kx Today I Learned the sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff resulted in the loss of 9,400 German citizens. This makes it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking, however it is a rather unknown event due to being overshadowed by all the news of WW2 ending around the same time.
PYpxO TIL that in 2012, after the Kazakhstan's shooting team won a medal at the championships in Kuwait, instead of the country's national anthem being played, the joke national anthem from the Borat movie was played.
GYvVE TIL in 2014 the Dalai Lama said he will be the last one -- if China does not free Tibet he will refuse to reincarnate.
rRmaw TIL at one point 90% of the world's needles came from a Worcestershire town called Redditch.
N7XB6 When you have an entire planet to explore, how do you decide where to land the rover? There’s no wrong place to start, according to planetary geologist Bethany Ehlmann. Anywhere on the planet, there's always something new to learn from a rover expedition.