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TIL Geisha are in fact third grade entertainers. The prime grades are Tayu and Oiran.

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xM47 TIL that during a meeting of the Roman Senate, Cato accused Caesar of reading personal notes while the Senate was in session. When Caesar let Cato read the notes, he was shocked to see that they were love notes from Caesar’s mistress, or Cato’s half-sister.
D1xGp TIL Airman Marcus McDilda, shot down Aug. 8, 1945, was interrogated by the Japanese about the U.S. atomic arsenal. McDilda, knowing nothing, "confessed" under torture that America had 100 more bombs and that Tokyo was next. Confident he was telling the truth, the Japanese surrendered.
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d8LY8 TIL When the painting 'The Chelsea Pensioners reading the Waterloo Dispatch' was first exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition in 1822 it was so popular that a rail was installed to protect it from the crowds. This was the first time that a rail was needed at the Royal Academy exhibition.
R78E9 TIL Shakespeare didn't invent Romeo & Juliet, he took them from a poem called "The tragical history of Romeus and Juliet"