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TIL Rottweilers purr like cats

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XRpD TIL that in 1986, Lake Nyos in Cameroon erupted a massive cloud of CO2 that killed a nearby village of 1700 people and 3500 livestock through asphyxiation.
BrWEk TIL 'US Radium' employed women to paint dials of watches with radioactive radium paint. The women were instructed to point their brushes on their lips. This led to many of the workers' losing their jaws and even deaths. Company paid examiners covered it up and claimed they had syphilis.
7QQp TIL US Marines forced Saddam Hussein to watch South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut while in prison
4KkN TIL Gandhi married at the age of 13. Recalling his wedding, he once said “We didn’t know much about marriage, for us it meant only wearing new clothes, eating sweets and playing with relatives.” He first became a father at 15 in spite of his wife spending most of her time at her mothers.
gMpM9 TIL about John Britten. He and his small team built a motorcycle out of his garage that would defeat major manufacturers like Honda and Ducati at major races as well as break several world records. He designed and fabricated almost every component from scratch.