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TIL Rupert Murdoch once owned independent hip-hop label Rawkus Records

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9wxZD TIL Druids were exempt from taxes, military service, and were held in such high esteem they could stop battles between warring armies.
aw9yL TIL that botulism in a dented can of canned black olives killed 18 people in Ohio heralding the emergence of food safety regulation.
e01xn TIL about Jeremy Harper, who verbally counted every number up to a million. It took him 89 days (16 hours a day), averaging just over 11,200 numbers per day.
yVdMe TIL: about Drag hunting, it is conducted in a similar manner to fox hunting, with a field of mounted riders following a pack of foxhounds. The primary difference is the hounds are trained to hunt a prepared scent trail laid by dragging a material soaked in aniseed or another strong smelling scent.
Oj47 TIL there is an organisation called the Unrepresented United Nations (UUN) that represent Unrepresented Nations and Peoples, so “that they may express their position in the appropriate forums and obtain recognition, since they cannot in the United Nations.”