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TIL the plural of sarcophagus is ‘sarcophagi’

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EgVY0 TIL of Alexander Selkirk (1676 – 13 December 1721) who was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway (1704–1709) after being marooned by his captain, initially at his request, on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean.
oBWlK TIL in 2012, a U.S. programmer was caught hiring a Chinese programmer to do all his work for 1/5th of his high-paying salary. His workplace later discovered he was spending all day mostly just watching cat videos.
78EGb TIL Motorcycles in China are dictated by law to be decommissioned and destroyed in 13 years after registration regardless of the conditions
pKO8 TIL that the Oath taken by US Military Officers requires that they bear allegiance - not to any US President or other government official - but only to the Constitution of the United States, which they are sworn to support and defend against all enemies, foriegn and domestic
mkxY TIL: A man in Texas killed a cop who was executing a no knock warrant. The man ultimately was not charged (with killing the cop) because he thought someone was breaking into his home. In Texas you can use deadly force to defend self and property.