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TIL 5 LA firefighters assaulted a man unprovoked in 2015, the victim has permanent brain damage while the 5 firefighters are still active today.

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7gO TIL that the Ancient Olympic Games were held for over 1000 years from 776 BC until 394 AD, when the last emperor of the Roman Empire suppressed the Games as part of his effort to end all “pagan cults and practices” and impose Christianity as a state religion.
XEBkr TIL: Contact Tracing has been used to fight epidemics since 1854
mxggM TIL that the pie chart in France is named after the round cheese Camembert. It is is called "un diagramme en Camembert."
VMNd8 TIL that the uranium used in the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings were mined from Katanga province, Congo.
6Eje8 TIL our solar system is surrounded by a "ring of fire"🔥 🔥 🔥 an 89,000F wall of plasma created by the interaction between the sun and interstellar winds.