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TIL that the old Hungarian alphabet was comprised of runes!

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W7eeY TIL that the United States Air Force along with the UN carpet bombed Korea for years, specifically targeting civilian structures, and destroyed ~85 percent of all buildings. It is estimated that 20 percent of the entire (north and south) population died as a result of the war.
rNpWd TIL the largest school in the world is a private Montessori school in India with over 60,000 students
Lk8Ev TIL That, in 1986, former senator Al D'Amato once filibustered a bill by reading the District of Columbia phonebook.
0wvPA TIL that Brutus, the famous senator who murdered Julius Caesar, was a descendant of Lucius Junius Brutus, the man who overthrew the Roman King Tarquin the Proud and established the Roman Republic
Me8wA TIL there is a Filipino carpenter who has been voluntarily crucified every year since 1985 on Good Friday. He drives four-inch nails into both hands and feet and is then lifted on a wooden cross for around five minutes.