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TIL Tupac Amaru Shakur was named after Tupac Amaru II who led the largest anti colonial rebellion in Spanish American history in 18th century Peru

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m1j7Y TIL a US law firm set up honeypots on torrent-sharing site The Pirate Bay and then sued those who downloaded them. The matter reached the FBI and The Pirate Bay collaborated with the feds resulting in the crooked lawyers getting jail time.
a1GL TIL of Carlos Hathcock. A Marine sniper in Vietnam who crawled over 1500 yards to kill a high-ranking NVA officer. It took 4 days to complete because he could move only inches. He also said that he was almost stepped on while camouflaged in a meadow. As well as almost bitten by a Bamboo Viper.
pYEP4 TIL: AeroViroment designed and built a robotic hummingbird spy drone that can hover and fly like a hummingbird
e0vNJ TIL that the genius behind “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” actually has created more than 40 other documentaries.
pYa54 TIL that approximately 70% of the world’s vegetarians live in India.