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TIL Ireland is the only land in religious history in which there was no bloodshed when the induction of Christianity occurred

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ewOJ TIL that a Singaporean pilot, Tsu Whey Ming, committed murder/suicide by intentionally crashing the 737-300 he was piloting, killing all 104 people on board, and that the Indonesian authorities covered up the report prompting the U.S. NTSB, in an unprecedented move, to publicly contradict them
wLKbP TIL that after surviving the explosion of a rocket launch failure, the first thing the Soviet cosmonauts asked their rescue crews was cigarettes, but they were given shots of vodka instead
JY0Zm TIL Kanzi a bonobo chimp who learned to make and use fire, going as far as teaching his offspring how to start a fire. An important step in evolution
lo5YB TIL executioners would also often be medical practitioners due to their knowledge of anatomy
R5Zpj TIL bloodletting, the withdrawal of blood to prevent or cure illness. This practice was believed to balance the humors—bodily fluids, including blood, once thought to influence a person’s health. It was common from antiquity until the 19th century, when studies began to reveal its harmful effects.