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TIL the flag of Mozambique has an AK-47 on it
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TIL about the "Vigiles" or Watchmen of Rome. Created by Caesar Augustus, they were firefighters who were also allowed to stop petty crimes while patrolling the city at night. If a magistrate found that someone had ignored the Vigiles' fire safety tips, the citizen was ordered beaten.
MxKA
TIL that the students of the University of Colorado at Boulder named their cafeteria grill after Alferd G. Packer–a convicted cannibal. Their slogan: “Have a friend for lunch!”
WkpMB
TIL of blindsight, where a cortically blind person can't consciously see but still has visual information subconsciously processed. Such a person may avoid an obstacle in their field of view but not know why they did so.
drwE
TIL Queen Victoria was fluent in Urdu and Hindi.
8rv4
TIL Comanche Indians would torture captured settlers by cutting off their genitals, stuffing them in their mouths, sewing their lips together, then staking them over a nest of red ants until dead - Comanche women often orchestrated the torture.