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TIL there's little to no evidence that ancient Roman culture discriminated social statuses based on skin color.

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X6jk TIL in 1993 a Missouri man purposely damaged a levee on the Mississippi river to delay his wife coming home from work so he could party. Instead the river flooded 14,000 acres. He was later arrested and convicted of causing a catastrophe and sentenced to life in prison.
v1NyD TIL: You can't rename a file CON, AUX, PRN, LST, etc. in Windows.
aOdM TIL Robert Ford, the “coward” who shot Jesse James in the back of the head, was afterwards charged with murder, sentenced to hang, and pardoned. All in the same day.
QRlk TIL Christianity is increasingly popular among China’s youth. As many as 100 million people, or 7 percent of the population, have converted to the religion. The city of Wenzhou alone has more than 1,100 churches.
kOkjg TIL farmers are hacking into their John Deere tractors with firmware that's cracked in Eastern Europe and traded on invite-only, paid online forums