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9xrG TIL During WWI, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks
ZpyQQ TIL in 1098 (First Crusade), crusaders promised the Muslim population of Ma’arra safe conduct if they surrendered. The Muslims surrendered, then the crusaders immediately began to massacre almost the entire population of 20,000. The crusaders then resorted to cannibalism, eating the Muslims.
nW84B TIL that a 2016 Justice Department operation, code named “Operation Optimus Prime”, resulted in over 25 arrests related to child sexual exploitation
vP0O8 TIL about Jayant Patel, a disgraced physician at the heart of Australia's worst medical scandal that saw him linked to 87 deaths over a two year period
XEE1E TIL in 1152 King Stephen of England threatened to launch the child of a rebellious noble from a trebuchet. He didn't and that child grew up to be William Marshall, called "the best knight who ever lived."