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TIL Genghis Khan was responsible for destroying the order of Assassins.

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8aPrZ TIL of a tradition in the United States Senate whereby a senator who sits at a particular desk near a busy entrance keeps a drawer full of candy for members of the body.
rRZM4 TIL that Quentin Tarantino dug up and used actual KHJ radio broadcasts from 1968 and 69, along with commercials, for the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He sifted through 17 hours of airchecks to find the tracks he wanted to put in the film
pYdDN TIL Mushrooms are the only non-animal food with Vitamin D and their vitamin D levels can be increased by placing them in the sun, just like humans
QNl66 TIL lobsters never stop growing, which eventually can kill them. The increasingly large exoskeleton takes too much energy to shed, and they die of exhaustion.
wRe6 TIL Under Genghis Khan, the Mongols would catapult the dead bodies of soldiers infected by the bubonic plague over city walls during sieges. This is one of the earliest accounts biological warfare.