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TIL concubinage in Hong Kong was not abolished until 1970

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gMDby TIL A Roman emperor, Otho, committed suicide in order to prevent a civil war from starting in his country. Although he was considered weak and lacking of masculinity, his death was considered the ultimate sacrifice, earning him greater respect than he had ever received during his rule.
OoZD6 TIL About the "Hand in the Trunk" incident - Journalists tailed a car with human hand sticking out
5YxK9 TIL that Benjamin Franklin's many inventions include the flexible urinary catheter, odometer and swimming fins. He never got parents and wrote, “we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously."
D1AjD TIL A group of feral cats is called a destruction
Wkvj8 TIL that Theodore Roosevelt drafted a letter during the Spanish-American War requesting that his corps be transferred from Cuba after 4,000 soldiers fell ill. The letter was leaked to an AP reporter, which prompted the McKinley administration to bring the unit home to defuse the bad publicity.