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TIL Every one of the 2,000 people who attended Gengis Khan’s funeral was reportedly massacred by 800 soldiers, who in turn were killed to ensure his grave was never found.

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jNGOp TIL about Minik, one of several Greenland Inuits who were once part of a living exhibit at the American Natural History Museum. After Minik's father died of TB, his skeleton was put on display in the museum
kO4eB TIL since the Federal Witness Protection Program was started in 1971, not one of the 8,500 witnesses or the 9,900 family members participating has been harmed. According to Gerald Shur, its creator, 95% of those who enter the program are "what we call criminals".
JYRWm TIL that when Rudolph Hess, righthand man to Adolf Hitler, flew on an apparently unsanctioned peace mission to Great Britain in 1941, the German public was quickly told that Hess suffered from mental disturbance and hallucinations.
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XoP8 TIL that the last complete radio silence in the world happened for two minutes after the death of Gugliemo Marconi on July 21, 1937. To this day, no complete radio silence has been record.