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TIL of Dashrath Manjhi, a Man Who Single-handedly Carved A Road Through a Mountain over 22 Years

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PYLpJ TIL that in 1921 a thriving black town in Oklahoma was looted and burned to the ground by an angry white mob. Up to 300 people died that day in what is now called “The Tulsa Massacre”.
oB4mK TIL that the tallest residential skyscraper in New York, regarded by many as one of the most boring-looking buildings in the city, was literally inspired by a $225 trash can.
eppxJ TIL of all youth sports, baseball has the highest fatality rate
e9PL TIL Glass has been recycled for almost 3,000 years. It never wears out as a raw material. Just one recycled clear glass bottle saves enough energy from the manufacturing process to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours.
8egNV TIL: Surgeons in ancient India, around 600 BCE, performed cataract surgeries using a curved needle to remove the cloudy lens. The procedure was described by the physician Sushruta in his medical texts, making it one of the earliest known surgical practices in human history.