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TIL that even though the Hindenburg was inflated with 7 million cubic feet of highly flammable hydrogen gas, it had a smoking room

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Oo5x4 TIL the oldest living animals are black corals over 4,000 years old, nearly as old as the pyramids of Egypt
vPPB TIL Mother Theresa caused thousands to suffer because she believed suffering “brought people closer to Christ” and was the source of many deaths because she refused to give people quality health care while receiving world-class health care for herself.
GYMN TIL that despite the opinion that women are under more societal pressure, early 20s Men are 7 times more likely to commit suicide.
1XaV TIL New research suggests that extreme weather is the most important cause of poverty.
Pe8O TIL that within a few decades of the Magna Carta being put in place in England, Genghis Khan (founder of the Mongolian empire) implemented a very similar document into law, which among other things, protected the right to freedom of Religion