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TIL The CCI Prison Execution House Is Still Standing

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BrEKK TIL that the company Zildjian, one of "The Big Four" major cymbal manufacturers in the world, was founded in the Ottoman Empire in 1623, by the alchemist Avedis Zildjian.
OoX77 TIL that the male of a tiny Australian marsupial species called the antechinus goes into a mating frenzy once in its short life and has sex with as many females as possible until its body disintegrates.
0wpXy TIL Chinese internet users bypass internet censorship of offensive words by using homonyms based on memetic mythical creatures. Eg. 'Fa Ke You/ 法克鱿' meaning 'Fuck you', its direct transliteration into English. Literally, it is "French-Croatian Squid".
BrVBe TIL during WWII, a Nazi spy stationed in New York tried to turn himself into the FBI. The FBI didn't believe him. The FBI finally listened when he showed up at FBI headquarters and offered proof that he really was a Nazi spy. He was imprisoned for 6 years and deported to Germany.
mW4P TIL that while St Lawrence was being executed by being held to a red-hot gridiron he remarked “Turn me over, I’m done on this side” - He’s now the patron saint of Comedians.