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TIL the Roanoke colony was never “lost”.

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LQKWp TIL that China’s Terracotta Army, thousands of life-sized clay soldiers buried with the first emperor, was accidentally discovered in 1974 by farmers digging a well, leading to one of the greatest archaeological finds ever.
Mey0V TIL A pirate had a bounty of $500 put on him by a governor, so he put an even larger bounty on the governor (reports say either $1500 or $5000).
ADEng TIL Jesús García Corona made the decision to sacrifice his own life to save the people of Nacozari by driving a dynamite laden train that had caught fire away from the town instead of jumping to safety, Mexico, November 7th, 1907.
9YZxG TIL China's Government Debt is equivalent to $1326 per capita. The US's Government Debt is equivalent to $58,200 per capita and Luxembourg has debt equivalent to $6.9 million per capita
mxa4O TIL that Edward Rulloff, a 19th-century serial killer, doctor, philologist, and inventor, was deemed so intelligent that even after his conviction for murder, some believed he was too valuable to be hanged. Even Mark Twain jokingly offered to find a replacement to take his place at the gallows.