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TIL thanks to tree rings, we know global cooling caused piracy.

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eyDg TIL that four teenage girls lied to have an innocent man convicted of murdering a child. They never apologised, claiming they did it “for a laugh”.
16O0X TIL Former U.S. President John Tyler took the side of the Confederacy during the Civil War, was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives, but died in 1862 before he could serve. At his burial, his coffin was draped in the Confederate flag, despite requesting a simple burial.
wLYyE TIL the electric ray was used to numb the pain of childbirth by the ancient Greeks. Its ability to stun people without moving or using poison was held as evidence of the supernatural existing in nature.
4XwwX TIL that the 3 times that the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution has been invoked for an acting President, all have been concerned with colonoscopies.
wrb7 TIL that actor Paul Marcarelli, better know as the “Verizon Guy,” kept his silence that he was gay from Verizon in fear that he would lose his role. He later came out after his contract with Verizon ended.