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TIL Samurai in Japan were allowed to execute civilians who paid them disrespect.

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69BWJ TIL that "Nut graph" is a term in journalism for the paragraph that explains the story in a nutshell
loVjK TIL: A group of caves in Spain called Cuevas de la Araña contain multiple ancient cave paintings. One such painting is called the "Man of Bicorp" depicting a caveman holding onto vines to gather honey from a beehive, estimated to be around 8000 years old.
dDElr TIL that there are over two dozen universities in the U.S. that have their own nuclear reactors.
neXOB TIL Earl Tupper, Inventor and founder of the Tupperware Company, Sold his ownership interest, bought himself an island in Costa Rica, and gave up his U.S. citizenship to avoid taxes.
8amda TIL researchers modeled a system where the Peter Principle holds true and found that instead of promoting the best employees until they reach a level where they stop performing competently, it's more efficient for a company to promote employees at random. For this research they won an Ig Nobel.