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TIL A Chinese Woman Led the Largest and Most Successful Pirate Fleet in History

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nWeOG TIL, The poingnant "Web of Life" Speech supposedly delivered (or written) by Chief Seattle in 1855, was actually an invention of screen writer Ted Perry for the 1972 environmental film Home
Xg1r TIL that in the Netherlands, Dutch students can live in nursing homes rent-free (as long as they keep the residents company for 30 hours per month)
1aPj4 TIL that "guitar wizard" Jimi Hendrix thought Terry Kath of the band Chicago was a better guitarist than he was after seeing them perform at Whisky A Go Go in 1968.
mDXx TIL that Cartman’s revenge plot in “Scott Tenorman Must Die” was based on a similar scheme used in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, where both protagonists feed their enemy the remains of their relatives.
1D78 TIL the inventor of leaded gasoline also invented Freon. Thomas Midgley, Jr. possessed “an instinct for the regrettable that was almost uncanny.” and “had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth’s history.”