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TIL That Court Jesters could freely mock the rulers and that their jesting was often a way to give guidance.

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v5lx TIL Benjamin Guggenheim, heir to mining magnate Meyer Guggenheim, dressed in his finest suit, had a glass of brandy and smoked a cigar as the Titanic sank. “Tell [my wife] I played the game out straight to the end. No woman shall be left aboard this ship because Ben Guggenheim was a coward.”
Me9Xm TIL that Groucho Marx and T.S.Eliot were fond penpals but hadn't met because life got in the way. When they did at last meet for dinner at Eliot's house, it didn't go well. All that Groucho wanted to talk about was Shakespeare and The Wasteland. But T.S. Eliot wanted to hear about Duck Soup.
7QRb TIL that Wyoming issues Jackalope hunting licenses for it’s official hunting season. It is on June 31st from midnight to 2 AM, and only for hunters with an IQ no greater than 72.
8aW4L TIL of chemist Carl Scheele, known for discovering oxygen, molybdenum, tungsten, barium, hydrogen, and chlorine, as well as organic acids, died at just 43 as a result of the cumulative effect of exposure to arsenic, mercury and lead. Despite his discoveries, for years others were given credit.
QvAX TIL The Nazis never referred to themselves as “Nazis.” At the time, “Nazi” was a derogatory term for a “backwards peasant,” so those who opposed their party took advantage of the German pronunciation of “national” (nat-si-o-nal) and called them “Nazis” as an insult.