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TIL Melpomene and Thalia are the muses of comedy and tragedy. Their faces are the two depicted in the drama masks.

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pb48 TIL of the Rajneeshee bioterror attack, in 1984 a cult sprayed salmonella on doorknobs and food in a town in Oregon to poison people so they would be too sick to vote and the cult could take over the town. It was the largest biological attack in U.S. history
Z8oWG TIL The Great Wall of China is not actually just one long wall, it's a bunch of walls built by different dynasties scattered all over the country.
OGVX6 TIL there's a town in the Netherlands called Poortugaal. About 10Km south of the center of Rotterdam, the town's flag and coat of arms are also heavily inspired by Portugal's.
VME8Z TIL in 1979 there was an unexplainable nuclear explosion near the Prince Edward Islands. It was detected by the Vela Hotel Satellite, but still has yet to be claimed.
JeJ8 TIL that the crew compartment of the Challenger space shuttle disaster survived the mid-air explosion, and ascended another 17,000ft on its own momentum before free-falling into the ocean. The impact with the water is what is believed to have killed the crew.