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TIL a man who was napping under a tree and had his skull crushed by a 16 pound pinecone sued various governmental agencies for $5 million due to the lack of warning signs.

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J1dYm TIL a man known as Hong Xiuquan, who lived in China during the 19th century, claimed to be the brother of Jesus Christ. He tried to overthrow the then-ruling Qing Dynasty with his own Christian kingdom, known as Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The conflict resulted in approximately 20 million deaths.
R591j TIL ironically, the novel Fahrenheit 451 has been banned, censored, or redacted in several schools since its publication, including at a school in Montgomery County, Texas, in 2006, where the parents where offended by the burning of the Bible. The book was also burned in Apartheid South Africa.
6MdX TIL there is a town in Kazakhstan called Kalachi, where the inhabitants of the village sometimes inexplicably all fall asleep for days
jNryE TIL Dan Snyder, who owns the Washington Redskins ruined the life of a National Park Ranger by cutting trees down along the Potomac River so he could see the river from his house. The trees were located in a national park, and the ranger who raised concern about the trees was raided by US Marshals
ADArw TIL in 2016, scientists discovered an Arctic Tern flew 59,650 miles in the course of a year, from an island off the coast of England to Antarctica, and then back again. It was the longest migration ever recorded—the equivalent of flying around the circumference of the Earth twice, plus 10,000 miles.