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TIL Muammar Gaddafi was a fan of Beethoven and read books like Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Outsider

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nWKv9 TIL all living individuals of the Mercury Island tusked weta (a large, flightless insect known for its large tusks) are descended from a male and two females captured in 1998 and bred in captivity.
BxJk TIL in Ancient Persia, the men used to debate ideas once sober and once drunk, because the idea needed to sound good in both states in order to be considered a good idea.
wolo8 TIL that Hershey is one of the only milk chocolate brands in the world that still uses fresh milk in its production, giving it a distinctive taste.
5Y8GB TIL about Festa Confederada, the annual festival of Southern US heritage held in Brazil, originally started by Confederate soldiers and their families who fled to Brazil after the Civil War, where slavery was still legal.
4mN TIL Korean baseball teams are named after companies that own them, not regions (an example is Samsung Lions)