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TIL that in 1976 a Japanese ultranationalist porn actor died after flying a plane into the house of a yakuza don to punish him for accepting millions of dollars in bribes from Lockheed & betraying the samurai code

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4kaKR TIL the person shouting exclamations in the song “She Blinded Me With Science” was an actual scientist. Magnus Pyke wrote dozens of scientific papers, was a government advisor in the Ministry of Food, and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire
9YG7p TIL 7% of the Brazilian population - or 11 million people - believe the Earth is flat.
A99n TIL Dogs also wag their tails to spread their natural scent from their anal glands. Each dog has a scent that’s unique to him or her. Often, when we see a dog holding his tail between his legs, he’s frightened and doesn’t want to release his scent. This is his way of flying under the radar.
ne10P TIL of Just Nuisance, the only dog ever to be officially enlisted in the Royal Navy. He never went to sea but would accompany sailors on train journeys and escorted them back to base when the pubs closed. He died in 1944 at the age of 7 and was buried with full military honours.
Me1oB TIL that malaria was once used to treat syphilis. Dr. Wagner von Jauregg injected sufferers with malaria-infected blood, causing an extremely high fever that would ultimately kill the disease. Jauregg won the Nobel Prize for the treatment and it remained in use until the development of penicillin.