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TIL That the Estates Gerneral of 1789 is considered the first step to the French Revolution

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E1yOP TIL the 7-10 split isn't actually the hardest shot for professional bowlers. Instead there is a 5 pin split called the 'Greek Church' which is made even less often.
Pp0g TIL Tilikum the “Killer Whale” developed a neurological psychosis from being held in isolated captivity for most of his life. He lived in two different water parks where he killed multiple trainers. Both corporations withheld the truth about the incidents, allowing trainers to continue performances.
dWjE TIL that the CIA regularly kidnapped people overseas and transferred them to other countries to “torture, detain and interrogate” them outside the law.
loYaa TIL about Typhoid Mary: the first asymptomatic carrier of typhoid. In her job as a cook she infected 51 people. She was forcibly isolated for 3 years; being released on the promise she didn’t return to cooking. She did return, was caught and confined for the remainder of her life (23 years).
ggVA TIL: After the battle of Waterloo in 1815, scavengers pulled so many teeth from the 50,000 dead soldiers, they caused the price of false teeth to fall in Britain to an affordable rate for the middle class.