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TIL that brothers Leon and Michael Spinks each won Gold Medals in Boxing at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal - Leon as a Light Heavyweight and Michael as a Middleweight.

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m10Ro TIL between 1400 & 1782, around 40k-60k people were killed on suspicion of practising witchcraft, primarily in Europe. Some witch hunts would last for years and some sources estimate 100,000 trials occurred. Some regions burnt the suspects at the stake, of whom roughly 80% were women, most above 40.
RBPl TIL The core of the first nuclear weapon was driven to the test range in the back seat of a scientist’s car.
V9Jk TIL: there’s a cult that opens delis in each area it has a division, luring new members in with delicious looking sandwiches, smoothies and salads.
RXZQ TIL of Onfime, a boy from the 13th century. The only reason we know of him were his handwriting lessons found on pieces of birch.
LkO0p TIL Aloha Wanderwell was the first woman to drive around the world, befriended Chinese bandits, captured the first footage of the Bororo tribe, and disguised herself as a man to pray in Mecca.