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TIL Genghis Khan killed so many people he cleaned about 700 million tons of Carbon from the atmosphere. It may be the first case of man made global cooling.

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MeldV TIL: Many Native Americans consider the national holiday of Thanksgiving Day as a reminder of the genocide and continued suffering of the Native American peoples. Participants in the National Day of Mourning honor Native ancestors and the struggles of Native peoples to survive today.
W7OX TIL: Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) entered a state of depression, but then he recorded an entire album himself including vocals, guitar, bass and drum tracks, finishing the album in under a week, the album became Foo Fighters second best selling album ever, and it received a lot of good reviews
7rvNZ TIL Elvis Costello is banned from appearing on SNL after refusing to play “Less Than Zero” at Lorne Michaels’ request. He saw it pointless to play a song about UK politics over here. He played a few bars, then kicked into “Radio, Radio,” which was a criticism of corporate-controlled broadcasting.
Aado TIL in the 1912 Summer Olympics Shizo Kanakuri stopped for water at the 19 mile mark, fell asleep and deserted. After being missing for 50+ years he returned to complete the marathon with a time of 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
7PDP TIL the German government refuses to recognize Scientology as a religion. The organization has officially been labelled an ‘abusive business masquerading as a religion’.