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OGKyY TIL about Michael Servetus, a theologian who in 1553 fled the Catholics to avoid heresey charges, only to be burnt by Calvanists instead.
mx0wy TIL sexually-transmitted infections, STIs, may have driven ancient humans to monogamy from polygamy
yQQke TIL Squatting is legal in Belgium
8aEXL TIL that buccaneers derived their name from the Arawak word for buccan, a wooden meat smoker. This smoked meat was purchased largely by Caribbean privateers who eventually gained the nickname.
BgGdK TIL A young Machiavelli was tasked with mediating a feud between two rival families in the town of Pistoia. His suggestion to use force was ignored by superiors, under fear of appearing cruel, so the feud escalated into a brutal civil war. The event was formative for his political thought