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TIL the first known surviving nonuplets (9 children) were born in Morocco in 2021.

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Oxd1 TIL The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, stood for a mere 50 years before it was destroyed by an earthquake. Its ruins stood and attracted visitors for way longer than the original statue (reportedly hundreds of years) before it was finally recycled for scrap metal.
8O6b TIL That the schizophrenia of one man is the root of jazz music, and without it, jazz may never have existed
R6WQ TIL that in Thailand, there is a prison program where prisoners fight foreign MMA fighters for their freedom. After winning 8 fights the prisoner is freed, if you lose a fight, you go back to general population where you never have a chance to fight again.
vDjD TIL: Puritans who fled to America to escape religious persecution were notorious for persecuting other religions, and even hanged Quakers for entering the colony of Massachusetts.
adY0 TIL an Iraqi informant single-handedly provided enough testimony about WMD’s between 1999-2001 to help justify the war in Iraq (2003-2011). An investigation in 2005 found he was crazy, out of control, a congenital liar, and an alcoholic. He later admitted he made it all up to be granted asylum.