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TIL that researchers believe the area around two cemeteries in Kyrgyzstan is the origin of the plague

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rNW5y TIL Michael Peterson AKA Charles Bronson once let his hostage go because the hostage farted in front of him and he was disgusted by it.
yVbvl TIL that all-pro NFL running back Christian McCaffrey's grandfather was the silver medalist in the 100 Meters at the 1960 Olympics, losing the Gold medal in a photo finish.
W7kgo TIL Pope Gregory XVI opposed gas lighting and railways, believing that they would create commerce and lead to liberal reforms. Gregory XVI in fact banned railways in the Papal States, calling them chemins d'enfer ("road to hell", a play on the French for railroad, chemin de fer, "iron road")
epBOn TIL on the night of 22-23 July 1945 USN Commander Eugene Fluckey sent a shore party from his submarine USS Barb (SS-220) to sabotage a railroad. The raiders became the only Allied force to invade mainland Japan in the war, and the Barb became the only sub in history with a confirmed kill on a train.
X0JLk TIL that there is an annual wife-carrying competition in Finland where the winner will be given the prize of beer equivalent to the wife's weight