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TIL people of the Middle Ages widely accepted the Earth was spherical. The notion they thought the world was flat is actually a misconception.

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VeDk TIL in 1968, 20-year-old Barbara Mackle was kidnapped and buried alive inside a box containing an air pump, a lamp, water laced with sedatives, and food. Two plastic pipes provided her with outside air. Her kidnappers demanded and received a $500,000 ransom, and she was rescued three days later.
w6OP TIL that when Pocahontas married John Rolfe, the uproar in British court had nothing to do with race – it was because a princess had married a commoner.
woYgo TIL There are a total of 129 streets named after former US President JFK in the country of Brazil. The US only has 35 streets named after him.
m189v TIL: Coastal species are using plastic trash as rafts to spread across the oceans
RNwj TIL that the Lyme disease bacteria is actually transmitted from mice to ticks. And that humans have greatly contributed to outbreaks by causing forest fragmentation and killing predators.