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TIL: The construction of the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) began in 1248 and wasn’t completed until 1880—taking over 630 years due to centuries-long pauses, changing styles, and revived interest in Gothic architecture centuries after it started

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Zp9Da TIL that Pablo Neruda (the Nobel winning poet laureate) who died 12 days after Pinochet's successful coup in 1973. This week, a new toxicological report confirmed his poisoning, finding traces of Clostridium Botulinum, a neurotoxin that paralyzes the muscles and the nervous system leading to death.
8ak8L TIL Modern body armor was created by a pizza delivery guy who was wounded in the head and leg after a pizza delivery turned into a shootout. Richard Davis, a former US Marine, developed the bulletproof vest using Kevlar. During testing, he shot himself in the chest 190 times.
M7k7V TIL in 1612 Jennet Device, a six-year-old girl, sentenced her family to death as witches
nQG7 TIL of Witold Pilecki, a Polish Army officer who volunteered to get imprisoned in Auschwitz to gather intelligence and escape
pYWYb TIL that De Beers controlled 80% to 85% of rough diamond distribution from 1888 until the start of the 21st century