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TIL that when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, two Mosler bank vaults had surface damage, but their contents were completely unharmed.

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pYeMO TIL Matthew Hopkins was Witch Finder General of England who hanged more "witches" than any other witch hunter.
grXlL TIL in 1951, a Californian engineer designed a unique system to transport water to the southern deserts, using 400 artificial geysers that would throw water in an arc at 400 miles per hour through the air to be caught by a funnel at the next geyser.
5VQrQ TIL the title of the song in the beginning of Shrek (2001) is "All Star", not "Somebody Once Told Me".
D1D0r TIL that marshmallows were originally made using root juices from a plant (Althaea Officinalis, AKA "marsh mallow")
OLwR TIL that in 2004, after not getting justice in court, 200 victims lynched their alleged rapist in the courthouse by stabbing him over 70 times, throwing rocks and chilli powder at his face and hacking off his penis. All of the women claimed responsibility for the lynching.