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TIL of the 98 US POW Rock, a rock upon which the lone survivor carved an inscription to tell the world of 98 US soldiers taken prisoner and later executed by the Japanese. He was promptly beheaded when he was caught.

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jO4M TIL Earning interest on loaned money originates from the lending of “food money” that was commonplace in Middle Eastern civilizations as early as 5000 B.C. The argument that acquired seeds and animals could “reproduce themselves” was used to justify interest.
KO8YB TIL that the brain goes into an "incubation period" for ideas when we are in a relaxed state, like when showering. This allows the subconscious mind to bring the solutions and ideas it has been working on to your conscience state, and in turn, give you interesting/brilliant thoughts.
45xb TIL Lagunita Brewing Company has a beer called Undercover Shutdown Ale, which is named as such because after a stakeout of their brewery, no charges were filed because “no one was willing to sell it to them (officers), but everyone was willing to give it to them for free.”
J1AeB TIL The US comic strip "Dennis the Menace" was released on the same day, on 12 March 1951, as the UK comic strip "Dennis the Menace". The comics are completely unrelated to each other apart from sharing the same name and release date.
yQNdp TIL in 1998, during a soccer game in the DR Congo a lightning strike killed all 11 members of a soccer team while everyone on the opposing team survived unscathed.