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TIL Humans almost became extinct about 70,000 yeas ago when the total population dropped below 2,000

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gr119 TIL in 1871 to support the need for more bells in the Cologne Cathedral, Kaiser Wilhelm I donated 24 captured French canons to be melted down and cast. The three ton bell created was named Kaiserglocke. Ironically the bell was melted down in 1918 to support the German war effort.
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R7Vm9 TIL in the Ottoman Empire, they would lock away spare male heirs in a part of the Imperial palace called the “Kafes” (“the cage”), and put them under lifelong confinement, unless they succeeded the throne. This was to avoid a war of succession, and ensure the survival of the royal dynasty.