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Z8WBG TIL When Bruce Lee was 17, he won a Boxing Tournament put on by 12 Hong Kong schools even though he had no formal training in boxing.
lJAK TIL That during Spetsnaz training recruits are woken in the middle of the night and thrown into a corridor that is filled knee high with blood and organs. They then have to escape said corridor while being chased by a very angry dog.
e06B6 TIL that, of the first 15 Roman Emperors, only one was heterosexual. The list of bisexual emperor includes famous names like Augustus, Trajan and Marcus Aurelius.
16ppO TIL that the ancient fabric called Dhaka Muslin from Bengal was the most valuable fabric on the planet. It was so transparent that English women wearing it was accused of appearing in public naked. Currently no one alive knows how to make this fabric due to the exploitation of East India Company.
xy5o TIL that Samoa has a long history of acceptance and celebration of transgender females who are integral to their society and known as Fa'afafine.