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TIL of Zeynab bint Al-Harith, a jewish woman who poisoned the Islamic Prophet Muhammad because he killed her entire family.

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4XaBa TIL in 2009, Dame Vera Lynn reached the top of the UK album charts with ‘We'll Meet Again’, a compilation to coincide with the 70-year anniversary of the declaration of World War II. This meant that the 92-year-old was the oldest living artist to make it to number one in UK chart history
M7MlV TIL that the worst rail disaster in the UK was at Quintinshill in 1915, where a southbound train collided with a stationary northbound train that was "parked" on the southbound line to allow two late northbound trains to overtake it, one of which struck the wreckage of the troop train
epxv6 TIL despite numerous rumors and conspiracy theories, historical records and credible sources firmly state that Adolf Hitler did not have any known children. This has been corroborated by various historians and scholars who have extensively researched Hitler's personal life and lineage.
5YaAQ TIL that the Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights are incredible light shows that caused by collisions between electrically charged particles and Earth’s atmosphere. They occur mostly in high altitudes near the poles. These events inspire stories from prehistoric times
loGY5 TIL that Liechtenstein & Uzbekistan are the only two double landlocked countries in the world. A country is "doubly landlocked" or "double-landlocked" when it is surrounded only by landlocked countries (requiring the crossing of at least two national borders to reach a coastline)