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pBAN TIL in February of 1863, there was a snowball battle amongst rival divisions of Confederate troops in which approximately 10,000 Confederate soldiers participated. It was later described by a participant as “one of the most memorable combats of the war.”
jGjj TIL Thomas Jefferson cut and pasted from a King James Bible in order to make a condensed version that included the philosophy of Christ the man, with no supernatural events included.
epNkJ TIL about a fabled school for black magic in Romania called The Scholomance. One famous attendee was Count Dracula.
ADoO7 TIL Televangelist Shepherd Bushiri (net worth $150 million) is the richest man in the Malawi, one of poorest country in the world.
4kNAa TIL that, on 9/11, all 358 workers of insurance company Marsh McLennan's WTC offices died. Their WTC offices (floors 93 to 100 of the North Tower) were directly by AMERICAN 11, and survivors of the blast became stranded, since the elevators and stairways were destroyed by the impact of the aircraft.