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TIL over 50,000 homeowner insurance claims were denied after Hurricane Helene/Milton in Florida

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4kw0X TIL Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 was widely compared to the ancient and legendary Fall of Troy in Germany with many believing it as start of end times and the apocalypse. Commoners went as far as to believe that news of its dissolution was a plot by their local authorities.
gMyy9 TIL that when Fritz Duquesne's farm was torched and mum sent to a concentration camp as part of Lord Kitchener's policy in the Second Boer War, he vowed revenge. 15 years later, during WW1, he infiltrated Kitchener's warship and signalled a German submarine, which sank the boat, killing Kitchener
pYmLb TIL that there are approx 140 ER visits a year in the from people ingesting strands of wire from BBQ grill brushes and that the consequences can be life threatening.
m1mjM TIL the monarch butterfly population has declined 85% in two decades. The western population has suffered a 99% decline. Monarchs are threatened by pesticides — including toxic neonicotinoids and herbicides, which are killing off the milkweed plants they need to survive.
neEG7 TIL then-candidate Richard Nixon sabotaged a peace deal that would have ended the Vietnam War because he thought an end to the war would have turned the 1968 election in favor of Democrat Hubert Humphrey.