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TIL That the civilization on Easter Island collapsed in part due to deforestation

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N6L1 TIL bleach will begin to degrade into salt water after about 12 months, even if kept in the original container
0DX5 TIL After having slaves build Genghis Khan’s tomb, they were killed, and the soldiers who killed them were also killed in order to conceal the burial site.
awrgN TIL Wernher von Braun, the German rocket scientist who developed Nazi superweapons during WWII, was one of many German scientists secretly brought to the US to help win the Space Race. He would go on to develop the Saturn V rocket, which carried Apollo 11 to the moon.
b6GY9 TIL that there is a strategy for winning competitive debates called “spreading”, which involves making as many arguments as possible within a short time so that the opponent is unable to respond to them all. The technique has been described as unfair and as “sounding like a cattle auctioneer”.
oBJlL TIL friendships that start in the 7th grade, (or pupils from 12-13 years old) have a 1% chance of lasting even 5 years.