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TIL India was attacked on 7/11. Bombs were set off on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, 209 people were killed and over 700 were injured.

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Zp47a TIL Genghis Khan would marry off a daughter to the king of an allied nation. Then he would assign his new son in law to military duty in the Mongol wars, while his daughter took over the rule. Most sons in law died in combat, giving his daughters complete control of these nations
OM44 TIL that even today, 68 years after the end of WWII, barely a week goes by without an unexploded bomb from WWII being found somewhere in Germany.
W74K9 TIL the first head of government to be assassinated with a firearm was James Stewart, Regent of Scotland, in 1570
76L TIL that Abraham Lincoln’s voice was very high and even remarked as “shrill”
bx4Q TIL up to 40% of the United States food supply goes uneaten