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TIL the welcome sign to Kurt Cobain’s hometown reads “Welcome to Aberdeen. Come as You Are.”

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PYQNG TIL Princess Anne was the only athlete not obliged to undergo a gender check in the 1976 Olympics
pVGG TIL that according to moderate estimates, the Romans possibly lost over 40,000 men in a single day at the Battle of Cannae (216 BC), which may have accounted for somewhere between 5 to 10 percent of the total Roman male population during the late 3rd century BC period.
R50Pl TIL Nearly three-quarters of Pennsylvania residential telephone service in 1943 was party line, with users encouraged to limit calls to five minutes (as neigjbors / other subscribers could listen to your calls).
0dkXv TIL of the Aztec “Curse of One Rabbit”, where the first year (One Rabbit) of the 52 year calendar cycle was associated with famine and catastrophe. Incredibly, one study suggested a “real climatic origin”, with 10 of the 13 years having a famine, including one of the worst in world prehistory.
WkQ5L TIL a man who suffered from severe electrical burns ended up dying during the Blackout of 2003. This was because there was no electricity to power his air conditioning to keep his skin grafts at the right temperature. He was put in this position by electricity and out by lack of it.