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TIL that in 1916 a miscalculation of Montana’s population led to 40,000 men being drafted into the 1st World War…10% of the state’s population.

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LkLgQ TIL a fascist Italy in 1935 ended slavery in Ethiopia. Mind = blown.
jN1an TIL that a woman’s skull was unearthed in David Attenborough’s back garden, solving a 130 year old murder mystery.
xVrw1 Till vampire bats were placed on treadmills to observe their movements when not flying, it was discovered that they could gallop like a horse. It is believed they adapted in this way to move quickly between animals when feeding on their blood.
dBWZ TIL the Roman emperor Nero took a liking to a young boy named Sporus, who he had castrated and married because he bore a resemblance to the emperor’s former wife, who Nero had allegedly murdered. After Nero’s death, Sporus took his own life out of humiliation.
x6jA1 TIL At least ∼21% of the 8000 earthquakes larger than Mag 1.5 detected in the UK between 1970-2012 were human caused, most often linked to coal mining