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TIL that the huns were fans of gold. TIAL (Today I also learned) that the vandals were originally a German tribe who were fans of art. TIAL that the goths were split into two; the Ostrogoths had a cathedral in Ravenna; Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo.

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418o TIL of King Ingjald who, in honor of his ascension to the throne, invited the neighboring kings to a feast then vowed to enlarge his kingdom by half or else die. When the other leaders were drunk, Ingjald burned down the building and claimed their domains for himself, fulfilling his vow overnight.
ZOdR TIL despite being dead, Agatha Christie was able to save a life in 1977 when a nurse who’d read her book ‘The Pale Horse’ that described thallium poisoning so well that the nurse could diagnose a baby the doctors couldn’t. Thallium was found in the baby, and she was given treatments, saving her
jabR TIL, 5 days before he was found dead Fresno activist John Lang said the Fresno PD was going to murder him that weekend. His death was ruled a suicide from self inflicted wounds
m1GeM TIL there was a UFO battle above Nuremberg in 1561
E1Wkw TIL that now Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was instrumental in ending the 1994-95 MLB Baseball Strike