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TIL there was an Australian bushranger in the 1800s named “Captain Thunderbolt”

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JYlKm TIL that in 1925 a huge Citroën advertisement was built on Eiffel tower, a total of 250,000 light bulbs and 600 kilometres of electric cable were used to make the 30 metre high letters, It was there until 1934.
8aWPV TIL it was legal in Missouri to kill Mormons on sight until 1976
Z8Gba TIL Many of the tropes we associate with superheroes were invented by a woman, Baroness Emma Orczy, who wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1905
RXEw TIL that people who spend money to buy themselves more free time are happier.
neXoB TIL in 1971 Juliane Koepcke’s plane was struck by a lightning and broke up over the rainforest. She fell 3.2km (10000 feet) and survived. Despite having a broken collar bone and being extremely short sighted because she lost her glasses, the 17 years old girl survived for 11 days alone until rescued