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TIL that Zeus (king of the ancient Greek gods) or Jupiter (the roman version) can be traced by to the indo-european Sky Father - Dyēus; who was worshipped in BC3900 in what became Ukraine

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wLx0Y TIL that while the Romans used concrete extensively in building their structures, the recipe was lost after the Fall of the Roman Empire, partially contributing to the Dark Ages. It wasn't reinvented until the late 19th century.
yVQRX TIL Jack Ruby was sentenced to death for murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassin. Ruby's verdict was the first courtroom verdict to be televised in U.S. history. It was later overturned and he died from cancer while awaiting a retrial.
0n5R TIL that after World War II, the Nazi concentration camps of Sachsenhausen and Buchenwald were repurposed as Soviet gulags, in which tens of thousands of people perished.
nelwB TIL that Texas scrapped the last meal tradition for condemned inmates after one of James Byrd Jr's killers died without having touched his enormous request
5YZr8 TIL of Alfred Nourney, a German man and social climber who purchased an expensive wardrobe and booked a 1st class ticket on Titanic pretending to be “Baron Alfred von Drachstedt.” Because of the sinking, his ruse was revealed and is what he is best remembered for.