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TIL the English common-law term for a Karen is a "Common Scold", and the punishment was the Ducking-stool

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x64AD TIL the jury in trial for Snowtown serial killer John Bunting were banned from listening to ‘Throwing Copper’ by the band ‘Live’ because Bunting played it to his victims as he tortured and killed then in his bathtub.
kAr5 TIL a sailing ship called Eclipse was overtaken by a hurricane, and then it was hit by a meteor.
Lka0 TIL that in March 2012, a U.S. soldier (SPC Dennis Weichel) saved an Afghani boy by jumping in front of a moving truck to push the boy out of the way. He was struck by the truck instead and died of his injuries.
VBBmB TIL that oxygen (together with iron) account for most of the mass of planet earth
1a5vr TIL that in 2001, instead of selling 6 shares for 610,000 yen, a trader accidentally sold 610,000 shares for 6 yen, leaving his company $100 million dollars poorer.