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TIL Napoleon offered a prize to anyone who could feed his troops effectively, and thus canned foods were born

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D94j TIL two high school students rode their horses to school on ‘no vehicles to school day’, and got suspended.
PVjZ TIL of Ashurnasirpal II, the all-conquering bloodthirsty King of Assyria who built a temple out of flayed human skin, built minarets out of human heads, then commissioned art depicting him banging fertility goddesses and strangling lions.
WkZdA TIL the city of McFarland, California once changed their city logo to a runner running a field after the cross country team of McFarland HS became famous for its success in winning state titles. The team became so successful that a whole entire movie was made about it.
9nKX TIL tap water from ancient Rome likely contained up to 100 times more lead than local spring water. Some historians link fall of the Western Roman Empire to lead poisoning
GYnQ7 Jet lag is much worse when you fly east.