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TIL Al Gore’s daughter wrote an episode of Futurama

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wmVJ TIL Blackbeard was remarkably judicious in his use of force. In dozens of eyewitness accounts, there is not a single instance in which he killed anyone prior to his final, fatal battle with the Royal Navy. “I haven’t seen a single piece of evidence that Blackbeard ever used violence against anyone.”
OoLye TIL there is a province in Belgium called "Luxembourg" that is 70% larger than the actual country of Luxembourg.
X0JGE TIL While the Pope resided in Viterbo in 1377 a Cardinal's retainer tried to bathe his little dog in a fountain. The woman in line behind him complained loudly, which escalated to a brawl and then a full revolt, resulting in several dead, including the woman, as well as many destroyed buildings
XEBv8 TIL that a book named 'Xing Fengsu' ( Sexual Customs) was banned in China in 1989 for insulting Islam.
b9Ox7 TIL about the Banana Massacre of 1928, where the US threatened Colombia with military invasion if it didn't end the ongoing Chiquita workers' strike. The Colombian army fired on unarmed protesters, men, women, and children, killing somewhere between 800 and 3,000.