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TIL Benedict Arnold’s crypt was repurposed into a kindergarten classroom and his headstone is a wall decoration.

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nenYW TIL: A fighter pilot who was rescued in Vietnam never had a chance to thank the helicopter pilot who rescued him. (Or even knew who it was). Years later as a co-pilot for TWA, his flight engineer turned out to be his rescuer.
KppE TIL: There is a word for the murder of citizens by their own government, “democide” and it is the leading cause of unnatural human death.
6EkQm TIL that crimes committed by nobility in Aztec society were usually punished more severely than crimes committed by commoners, since nobles and the elite were held to a higher standard and expected to behave better.
M7NQ0 TIL: ASML, a Dutch tech company, dominates the semiconductor industry as the exclusive manufacturer of EUV photolithography machines – the critical key to crafting advanced computer chips.
MdPV TIL cats decided to live with humans on their own and domesticated themselves