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TIL Albatrosses go years without setting foot on land, using a process called dynamic soaring to fly for long periods without flapping their wings.

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axBy TIL none of the ~35 people killed in the Salem Witch Trials died from burning at the stake. 19 were hanged, 1 was pressed to death, all others died in jail.
nQyG TIL hormonal birth control impacts which men women are attracted to
OGoDX TIL A century before Martin Luther, Jan Hus criticized the Catholic Church for selling of indulgences and church positions. Hus was invited to the Council of Constance, arrested, charged with heresy, and burned at the stake on 6 July 1415.
OG9L7 TIL Leon Trotsky was murdered in Mexico in 1940 via ice axe by soviet agent Ramon Mercader. After Mercader was released from prison in 1960 he was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union medal and the Order of Lenin medal
mVWY TIL over 300 people died in a supermarket fire because the owners shut the doors so people wouldn’t leave without paying.