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TIL Marino Faliero, the only Doge of Venice in history to have been executed for a coup attempt, was erased from all official documentation and had his portrait in the Doge’s Palace painted over with a black cloth.

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ZGjD TIL a study by British sociologists found 7 distinct social classes: Elite, Established middle class, Traditional working class, Technical middle class, Emergent service workers, New affluent workers and Precariat. Whom people know and what they do contribute to their class as much as income.
gepX TIL the hottest talk show in China is hosted by a transgender woman called JingXing, she is officially recognized as a woman by the Chinese government
5kgk TIL: In NYC in 1987 the number of people bitten by squirrels: 95. The number of people bitten by other people in NYC that year: 1600.
KYJRB TIL Shrek was based on a picture book from 1990. It about him (and eventually the princess) embracing his/their ugliness.
WkKQX TIL The Douamont Ossuary has the bones of over 100,000 unidentified soldiers who died at Verdun. The total combined casualties of the battle amounted to 750,000 with 300,000 being KIA