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TIL there is a difference between a cemetery and a graveyard. A graveyard is on church grounds next to the churchyard

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K0LE TIL the US version of 1 vs 100 did a special “Battle of the Sexes” episode with 1 woman vs 100 men and 1 man vs 100 women. The woman contestant was eliminated at $50k, the man became the show’s first (and only) million dollar winner.
J9gk TIL The elder brother to N. Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Nam, was passed over to become the heir apparent for illegally going to Disneyland.
D1KYj TIL As a way to legitimize their rule, medieval kings of England and France would touch people infected with Scrofula, a disease which causes swelling around the neck, expecting the royal touch to miraculously cure the patients. Henry IV of France touched 1,250 patients in one day
b6yv0 TIL that during World War II, was the Yellow River Break; When China destroyed their own dams & levees in a tragic attempt to create defensive water blockades. The intentional effort to thwart enemy advances led to the drowning deaths (and loss otherwise) of 400,000-500,000 Chinese civilian lives:
woyNW TIL The Tower of the Americas in San Antonio had several instances where visitors were stuck because the elevators did not work due to debris in the elevator cables or power failures