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TIL about Paul Alexander, a polio survivor who lived until the age of 78 in a iron lung

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MeGkW TIL that during Rock Springs Massacre in 1885 a mob of white coal miners in Wyoming attacked Chinese miners, many of whom they burned alive. Others were “scalped, mutilated, branded, decapitated, dismembered, and hanged,” killing at least 28. Sixteen men were arrested, but none were indicted.
ANoRn TIL that there is a "magic clap" for ending parties swiftly and respectfully.
JYv4B TIL that before the advent of refrigeration "ice houses" were used to store ice, sometimes from nearby freshwater sources during winter, and sometimes from the "ice trade" where ice was imported from colder countries. Often locally sourced ice would stay frozen until the following winter.
WZyY TIL that the “your mother” insult is found in nearly all cultures and is as old as humanity itself with examples in Shakespeare and the Bible.
0w7oA TIL That in 1979, after Vietnam invaded Cambodia to depose the Khmer Rouge regime, China invaded Vietnam in reprisal, as the Khmer Rouge was a Chinese ally. China was unsuccessful in removing Vietnam from Cambodia.