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TIL that the Mongols killed so many people in the Iranian Plateau that “Some historians have estimated that Iran’s population did not again reach its pre-Mongol levels until the mid-20th century”

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nvV7 TIL in 2011 a Russian man who attempted to rob a beauty salon was beaten into submission by the female owner, who is a black belt in karate, and kept as a sex slave for three days.
nWLxr TIL that a Dec 7, 2007 oil spill in South Korea saw more than 1 million people join the clean-up effort -- roughly 2% of the nation's population
1Bw8 TIL after his horse was deemed unfit to run a grueling 100 mile equestrian race, Gordy Ainsleigh ran it by foot, completed it, and thus launched ultra marathons.
v1P9L TIL that Aaron Burr was still Vice President of the United States when he shot Alexander Hamilton and continued to perform his duties despite being wanted for murder in New Jersey and New York.
E64p TIL that in 1962 the US government planned for the CIA to commit perceived acts of terrorism in U.S. cities. These acts of terrorism were to be blamed on Cuba in order to create public support for a war against the country, which had recently become communist.