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TIL Emperor Yao Chang of 4th century China had killed the emperor he had formerly served. Later he felt the late emperor's spirit was aiding his avenging army, and made a shrine for the emperor he himself killed, asking for bygones be bygones and to protect him from his avenging troops.

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9YyGQ TIL That Mexican Drug Cartel basically control the entire Global supply of Avacados.
d8n4j TIL of Osborne v Ohio, in which the United states supreme court ruled 6-3 that possession of child pornography can be banned. Justices William Brennan, John Paul Stevens, and Thurgood Marshall dissented, arguing that possession of child porn is a constitutional right.
4Dmw TIL on his 1909 safari, Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit killed a total of 17 lions, 11 elephants, and 20 rhinoceros. After the year-long hunt, “the expedition collected 1,100 specimens, including 500 big game.”
WknWB TIL the inventor of QR code is a Go player; he was inspired by its patterns and applied the idea to the QR code
laW7 TIL that in the 1930’s,the United States banned women from showing their bellybuttons in Hollywood films. When the ban was finally lifted, Marilyn Monroe was quoted as saying, “I guess the censors are willing to recognize that everybody has a navel.”