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TIL 196 workers died during the construction of the 5-mile Hoosac railway Tunnel due to accidents

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8eQGK TIL that during the War of 1812, Britain sent out a fake letter in Detroit that claimed they had 5,000 Native American warriors (they had about a tenth of that) and ensured their US enemy obtained this memo. It led to the US surrendering in Detroit, without a single British death.
R5kR4 TIL the first chiropractor was a Canadian who claimed he received a message from a ghost
W75P8 TIL: The first recorded instance of a “Jewish hat” or “Judenhut” was around the 11th century in the Flanders region. The wearing of these distinctive hats originate from European Christians who wore such hats before mandating that it become a symbol for European Jews.
DBlg TIL that in 2001, a girl that Ashton Kutcher was dating was murdered by a serial killer.
v1QkK TIL the word vodka means "water" in Slavic. The word originates from court documents from Poland in 1405. In the early days, spirits were used as medicine - a Polish physician wrote in 1534 that vodka could serve "to increase fertility & awaken lust"