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TIL so many significant events in German history have happened on November 9 that historians have called the date 'The Day of Fate'. Events which have occurred on this date include Kristallnacht & the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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6vEl TIL law enforcement and the entire concept of a ‘police force’ is a very new historical concept. Outside of private guards and community vigilantism, policing did not even exist until 1707 in Great Britain - and it was 1829 before police were established in London.
R5rw9 TIL that 2500 years ago, an explorer named Hanno found a tribe of ‘hairy and savage’ people. He captured three women, but they were so ferocious that he had them killed and skinned. It’s speculated that he actually discovered gorillas. Gorillas were named after his name for the tribe.
ovXR TIL that Eric Harris, one of the Columbine shooters, made his own levels in Doom that have their own fanclubs and are still downloaded and played today.
BrRox TIL that the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II is located in Manila, Philippines. It has 17,206 graves. 16,636 of which were U.S. personnel. #MemorialDay
P1A7G TIL: Barbra Streisand had her dog cloned twice