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TIL Ghengis Khan Decreed Religious Freedom And Members Of Suppressed Religions Helped Him Overthrow Their Own Governments

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LkwMZ TIL Crocodiles Do Not Die of Old Age
l7xgB TIL Joseph Son (Oddball from Austin Powers) had to submit a DNA test after violating probation for vandalism, was discovered to be a missing suspect in a SA, then murdered his S offender cellmate.
8ekmZ TIL a man named James Harrison had rare antigens for Rhesus disease. He donated plasma every week for 60 years and saved an estimated 2.4 million babies.
OX6R TIL that the Bubonic Plague aka ‘Black Death’ epidemic of the 14th Century was so widespread partly because Pope Gregory IX had declared cats to be associated with devil worship. Because of this, cats across Europe faced a mass extermination which in turn helped infected rats to thrive.
WjbX TIL after the ‘feel-good’ story about the success of an ex-Convict turning his life around appeared on the Syracuse.com news site, the car dealership with whom he was employed immediately fired him.