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TIL the United Kingdom still has temperate rainforests.

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wnO6 TIL A 16-year-old Xhosa girl had a vision that to defeat the British soldiers the tribe should kill all the cattle and destroy the crops. Tens of thousands died in the resulting famine
BrvWK TIL in 1920, the last living relative of Chief Massasoit (who helped the Pilgrims) heard Plymouth MA was erecting a statue of her ancestor out of gratitude. She pulled out a tiny basket she wove — only 3/16" tall — and said "That basket would hold all of Massachusetts' gratitude for Massasoit."
a8g70 TIL about Armin Meiwes; a German cannibal who killed and ate Bernd-Jürgen Brandes in 2001, as part of a cannibalistic fantasy both men shared. Brandes explicitly filmed his consent for the ordeal on camera. . In 2006, Meiwes was sentenced to life imprisonment.
5Yk4D TIL that before raised scaffolds were used for hangings, a condemned person’s relatives could pull on their legs in the hope of occasioning a quicker death.
QKE TIL Casey Kasem was the official voice of Shaggy in Scooby-Doo for 40 years! From 1969 to 2009.