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TIL Before Black Beard went into battle he lit fuses under his hat to scare his opponents

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NXQZb TIL: aside from being an actor and an activist, Marlon Brando was also an inventor with 4 patents to his name. One of them were pool shoes that that would increase friction as you walk on the bottom of the pool to give you a better workout, and another invention being a single-tuning conga drum.
5YoJ8 TIL yogurt was invented in 5000 BC and the combination of yogurt and honey was called "the food of the gods".
x6m1b TIL bestiality was legal in Denmark until 2015
l7Y1G TIL Doris Miller joined the Navy as a mess assistant, one option for a black man. During the Pearl Harbor attack he saved several lives and successfully manned an anti-aircraft gun with no training, until the ship started to sink. He was killed in 1943. An aircraft carrier is named in his honor.
bwkQ TIL Mitchel Johnson and Andrew Golden spent less than a decade in prison after murdering four students and a teacher. Despite both men seeking out guns soon after being released, their current whereabouts and identities are unknown.