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TIL that after her husband was executed by the King of France, Jeanne de Clisson took to piracy and formed the "Black Fleet" - ships painted in black with red sails that would attack French warships.

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arXL TIL in 1937, a natural gas leak at the local school in New London, Texas caused a massive explosion that killed more than 295 students and teachers, the deadliest school disaster in US history. Adolf Hitler even sent his condolences via telegram.
wR86 TIL That Many State Prisons in the South (especially Texas) do not have air conditioning.
nWVBG TIL Poland’s first PM was a concert pianist
D1wGP TIL that there was a group of middle aged women called “Snapists” who believed that they were married to Severus Snape on the ‘astral plane’ and that he controlled their lives. An independent researcher published an in-depth paper on the matter.
e07JJ TIL that North and South Korea engaged in a 'flagpole war' during the 1980's to build a tall flagpole. This resulted in North Korea having the tallest flagpole in the world for over a decade at 160 meters high.