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TIL Blackbeard’s flag depicted a skeleton spearing a heart while toasting the devil.

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85J4 TIL The beginning of History is marked by the invention of the library. The first libraries consisted of archives of the earliest form of writing, cuneiform tablets discovered in temple rooms in Sumer dating back to 2600 BC. These archives mark the end of prehistory and the beginning of history.
b6rmN TIL that around 1730, London was struck by a bizarre epidemic of drunkenness. Almost overnight, spirits became cheaper than beer for the first time in History due to a mix of grain surplus and pro-distillery regulation. The result: years of social unrest on the top of London's rapid urbanization.
ODn1 TIL that Phil LaMarr, the actor who played Marvin in Pulp Fiction whom was famously shot in the face by accident, went on to be the voice of Hermes on Futurama, Samurai Jack and many more animated characters.
dDwrQ TIL Though they have ancient origins the modern western popularity of earth shelters was driven by the 1973 Oil Crisis and back-to-the-land movement. However the most earth shelters are in Northern China, where approximately 10 million people living underground.
loRvK TIL of the term "betamaxed" which is used to describe when a superior product loses out in the market to an inferior one as a result of marketing, influence or other factors unrelated to product quality.