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TIL The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 2nd millennium BCE.

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QJ9Ee TIL Jackie Robinson's brother Mack won silver in the 200m at the 1936 Berlin Olympics - behind Jesse Owens
JYj14 TIL that old, weak, malnourished whales will simply sink, unable to reach the surface and suffocate to death...
LaBv TIL in 1996 the NBA fined Denver Nugget Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf over $30k per game for refusing to stand during the playing of the national anthem due to his personal religious beliefs
Me9A7 TIL that the planet Uranus was discovered before the continent of Antarctica
WkJEN TIL that the common misconception that 'The Hindu Pantheon is believed to have 330 million gods' arose from a simple misinterpretation of an old Sanskrit scripture, For the words 'trayastrimsa koti' which was confused between '33 supreme souls' and '33 crores' (330 million)