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TIL that sideburns was named after the man who made it famous; Ambrose Burnside

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rwEo TIL An American has been held in a Dubai prison for 8 months without trial for uploading a spoof video on youtube.
xdk TIL that the Romans had all the necessary mechanical devices to build a steam engine
ZpMJR TIL that Spitting Cobras emerged in the fossil record around the same time as early humans. It is speculated that the reason these snakes spray venom is because of the pressure humans in particular put on them. The spraying of venom from a distance countered the humans' use of projectile weapons.
b6pe7 TIL that 70 year old Robert Maudsley has been kept in a solitary confinement cell designed specifically for him since 1983, after committing three murders while already locked up for that same crime
rN5d0 TIL that the Pentagon and the CIA have exercised direct editorial control over more than 2,500 films and television shows