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TIL of the Öland massacre, where an entire village was slaughtered and left where they fell for 1500 years. Into the modern era, children were warned to never play near it and the site lay undisturbed and out in the open

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yQdpp TIL that on October 6, 1909, Vancouver revealed its first Auto Ambulance and was taken on a test drive, when it ran over and almost instantly killed a wealthy man from Austin, Texas. Ironically, this man was the first person the ambulance picked up.
6EAVm TIL that tobacco is third in the list in terms of "Dependence potential" (loosely how addictive the substance is) with Heroin and Cocaine being first and second respectively. Others worth mentioning: alcohol (fifth) and cannabis/marijuana (eighth).
wpGJ TIL There is only one pig in all of Afghanistan. His name is Khanzir, which is Arabic for pig, and he lives in the Kabul Zoo.
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