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TIL the Spanish Inquisition ended witch trials in Spain a full century before the rest of Europe because it required scientific proof of witchcraft - not just eyewitness accounts.

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xVo8B TIL: There's a Native American lake named Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. It means "you fish on your side, I fish on my side, and no one fishes in the middle." Located in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, it is known more commonly as Lake Chaubunagungamaug or Webster Lake.
8aBEL TIL A Japanese fish called Hanako (1751-1977) lived for 215 years. The longest living koi fish ever recorded.
wowgM TIL that Willie Nelson has owned his guitar, "Trigger," since 1969. A huge hole has developed above the bridge from Nelson's fingers playing it in over thousands of shows. The hole is regularly shored up with braces, but never fully repaired
p8pg4 TIL that Stalin's poorly planned canal projects in the Amu Darya river and Syr Darya river to divert water to cotton fields was one of the major causes of drying of Aral Sea and completely destroying ecosystem around it which was the 4th largest lake at the time.
rN96M Today I learned that the statue of David by Michelangelo is 5.17-metre (17 ft) tall.