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TIL The Triangle of Death in Italy is one of the most toxic sites in the world. This area contains the largest illegal waste dump in Europe due to a waste management crisis in the 1990s and 2000s, and surrounding residents have already experienced a significant increase in cancer rates.

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x6vy5 TIL in Waco Texas, 1916, a black 17 year old was severely mutilated and burned alive while 10-15,000 people watched and cheered. One man held his young son on his shoulder so he could see.
b4j7 TIL Mohammed wrote an open letter to Christians that declared their right to self-governance, protection for churches and monasteries, and freedom to practice their religion openly in Muslim controlled areas. Muslims are commanded to follow this until the end of time.
jkJp TIL Family Guy’s song “Prom Night Dumpster Baby” is a reference to Melissa Drexler. In 1997 she gave birth in her high school bathroom during prom. She discarded the baby in the trash and returned to the prom. She was sentenced to 15 years for manslaughter but was released on parole after 37 months.
DQ00e TIL that when writing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl originally intended for Charlie to be black, but his agent thought it was a bad idea and made him turn Charlie white.
w7kP TIL the FDA allows up to nine rodent hairs in your 16-ounce box of pasta, three maggots in your 28-ounce can of tomatoes, and 136 insect fragments and four rodent hairs in a jar of peanut butter.