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TIL that Fox News parent company “News Corp” has historically given more money to democrats than republicans.

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WEw4 TIL A 16-year-old Xhosa girl had a vision that to defeat the British soldiers the tribe should kill all the cattle and destroy the crops. Tens of thousands died in the resulting famine
Ed9W TIL that the Austrian army accidently fought itself and lost 10 000 men.
DQnPr TIL Vincent van Gogh had a known habit of sucking on his brushes to swap colors. It is widely believed that the lead poisoning partly led to his severe mental decline, resulting in his famously cutting off his ear, and ultimately shooting himself in the chest.
rRygW TIL that Pope Stephen VI dug up the corpse of Pope Formosus, who had been buried only 7 months, and put him on trial for perjury and illegally acceding to his papacy. just propped him up there, dead as hell, and if you can believe it, found him guilty.
GA4ZN TIL That your heart has it's own "little brain" with neurons that act independently with a mini nervous system too