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TIL: Famine is not a natural disaster — nearly all historical famines, such as the Irish Potato Famine, are primarily man-made.

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nwdG TIL that paleontologists estimate the size of a tyrannosaurus rex penis to have been around 12 feet long.
Eg8ow TIL: The Warlocks of Chiloé are a mythical organization said to have obtained magic after acquiring a book of European magic. They fly using dead virgin skin, shapeshift into animals, board ghost ships, and tame hippos. They are weak to salt. In 1880, the Chilean government charged them.
PYY4G TIL Tanks are called tanks because, when they were introduced in WWI, the British were trying to fool the Germans into thinking the weapons were water carriers for the Middle Eastern front of the war.
e0eK4 TIL Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry sold his prized 1959 Les Paul during his divorce and lost track of it until he found Slash in a magazine holding the same guitar. For years Slash refused to sell it back until he finally gave it to Perry as a gift on his 50th birthday.
loowN Just look at that freaking horse!