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TIL that the only existing footage of the first plane hitting the tower during 9/11 was only recorded because 2 people wanted to make a documentary on what it was like to be a firefighter in New York City, and when the cameraman heard the plane, he pointed it at the tower, and captured the crash.

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P1nxO TIL that a man notorious for killing people with an axe in New Orleans sent a note to the police which he stated he would attack the town but any house that played jazz music would be spared. That night across the city, people flooded into bars and houses blasting jazz. Nobody died that day.
5YKx9 TIL that the US Women's National Team lost 5-2 against a Dallas boys squad made up of kids under 15
gEW4 TIL in Kyoto, Japan there are five temples that have blood-stained ceilings. They use the floorboards from a castle where warriors killed themselves after holding off against an army for eleven days. You can still see footprints and outlines to this day.
ZGeR TIL that sweat doesn’t smell bad. A stinky “body odour” is caused when the skin bacteria feed on sweat. Their waste products are what smell bad!
XrJX TIL the famous 1870 BDSM novella Venus in Furs ends by saying that women will always be “man’s enemy” until women get equal education and economic rights