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TIL that bones of fallen Waterloo battle' soldiers (and horses) may have been used to whiten brown sugar into refined white sugar for decades

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e0E4g TIL that grammar schools got their name because they originally existed to teach Latin language and grammar to prepare for a university education.
ewkk TIL: in 1985, 747 China Airlines Flight 006 lost power in the #4 engine, and may have broken the sound barrier in a stall spin before recovering successfully.
Kp76 TIL the Illiad does not describe the sack of Troy nor the building of the Trojan Horse. Achilles is not killed by an arrow in his heel and the story ends with Hector’s funeral.
Zky4 TIL that the Titanic was possibly sunk by a “blackberg”, an iceberg that continuously melts and freezes, resulting in a polished mirror finish that reflects the night sky and water around it.
BrXXy TIL up to 12 million letters and 1 million parcels a week were delivered to soldiers during World War I. There was no automation beyond a stamping machine to date and stamp letters. All sorting was done by hand and the mail was transported in sacks.