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TIL during the French Restoration, Colonel Barbier-Dufai and Captain Raoul de Vere dueled over an insult to the latter's cockade. After de Vere was disarmed four times they decided to tie their left arms together and stab each other to death with daggers in the back of a carriage. De Vere lost again

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J15El TIL Bonobos (species cousins to chimps) are the only non-humans to engage in tongue kissing, the only primate besides us to typically have face to face sex, and they have complex matriarchal societies, high empathy levels, and lots of consensual sex, including homosexual relations for both sexes.
jNG1X TIL the short-lived Korean Empire (1897-1910), eager to modernize, purchased a ship from Japan spending 30% of its entire military budget. It turned out to be a deceptively packaged cargo ship useless for combat. Japan later took it back after dismantling the military and colonizing the nation.
16ZLW TIL that In 1964, Yoko Ono staged "Cut Piece," a provocative performance where she sat on a stage, urging the audience to approach and cut her clothing, gradually shedding it. The remnants were given to viewers, symbolising a profound connection between performer and audience.
YpmpZ TIL after retiring from NASA, Buzz Aldrin, second man on the moon, fell into a deep depression and ended up working as a used car salesman.
w8Vo TIL that the nazis only would have needed a few more months in WW2, to finish a wooden stealth bomber that easily could have invaded the UK