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TIL about the "Secession of the Plebs": In ancient Rome, fed-up commoners staged mass walkouts, leaving elites to fend for themselves, to demand political rights and fair treatment—an early form of protest that shaped Roman democracy

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BwWx TIL James Huberty called a mental health clinic, left his name, and waited for hours for them to return his call. His name was written down as “Shouberty” and the call was a non-crisis because Huberty was so polite. The next day he carried out one of America’s worst rampage killings.
AN7Ad TIL: Crab Rangoons aren't related to Chinese cuisine, and were instead invented in an American Tiki bar by someone trying to give a new appatizer a suitably Asian sounding name, and then re-appropriated by Chinese-American restaurateurs as a staple appetizer.
7wW7 TIL that in 1976 after enjoying a few pints, two chaps decided to “…go over there and make it look like a flying saucer has landed.” From 1976-1991, Doug Bower and Dave Chorley were responsible for over 200 crop circles that started the craze.
kJBo1 TIL that Mumbai (then known as Bombay) was a Portuguese colony before it came under British rule as part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza, (daughter of King John IV of Portugal) in her marriage to King Charles II.
Z8rpD TIL about the RED T, a nonprofit organization advocating for the protection of translators and interpreters in high-risk settings.