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TIL that there’s a 3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet that records excuses for why people missed work. This ancient document from the village of Deir el-Medina includes reasons like tending to a sick child, brewing beer, and even being bitten by a scorpion.

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Z8mrp TIL of Efunroye Tinubu, a powerful slave trader in 19th century Nigeria. She was thought to have been so unapologetic and profit minded, she attempted to subvert a British anti-slavery treaty and, after a slave trade went wrong, said she: "would rather drown the slaves than sell them at a discount."
xVWMk TIL about the traffic-inducing game of “leapfrog” played between truck drivers, where they get points for accumulating “bugs” (car drivers) stuck behind them as they do their “leap” in the left lane past the other trucks. The record is a 57-bug trail of cars stuck behind the leaping truck for 29 min
VMlLm TIL that in 1900 the Chinatown in Honolulu was intentionally burned down to prevent the further spread of plague. Four months later, Honolulu was plague-free.
4XBR TIL that Rush Limbaugh used his show’s theme - the bassline from “My City Was Gone”, by The Pretenders, without permission. When the song’s writer found out, she demanded that her royalties from Rush’s use of the song be donated to PETA.
wMMY TIL That a member of the United States military can be court martialed for using “indecent language” under UCMJ Article 134. It’s not commonly used, but still on the books.