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TIL Millipedes are not insects—they’re more closely related to lobsters, shrimp, and crayfish.

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MeygK Today I learned that the US government can’t negotiate drug prices because of a law making it illegal.
69dwJ TIL King Henry II of France participated in a jousting tournament in 1559 to celebrate the marriage of his daughter. A lance splintered on his helmet and pushed wood into his eye and brain. He died ten days later. His death led to the decline of jousting in France.
p86de TIL Classical Greece wasn't filled with pure white marble everything. The statues and ruins we see today were actually painted in all kinds of vivid colors that were just stripped bare back to their original white marble by time.
neaWB TIL that the final stage of the selection process for the British SAS is 36 hours of 'resistance to interrogation'. This process involves the use of multiple techniques that are against international law if used in a real interrogation.
NeKJ TIL The largest bell in the world (Tsar Bell, over 200,000kg) has never been rung.