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TIL Juries have 12 people because of Jesus and his Twelve Apostles

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W7GvB TIL radiosondes are launched by balloon twice each day around the world, at the exact same time, to track the jet stream. When they come down, if you find one, you can keep it.
4X0W5 TIL In 1850, a man who claimed he was the brother of Jesus started a rebellion in China that killed 30 million people. It was one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history.
aNeA TIL that a Queen song, “Stone Cold Crazy”, is widely considered to be one of the first thrash metal songs ever written.
OGL11 TIL of Wenman Wykeham-Musgrave, a Royal Navy officer who was on three different ships that were torpedoed... all on the same day
lAKa TIL that in 1925, a recently independent Ireland spent the one fifth of it’s annual budget on a Hydro-Electric Plant in efforts to modernize the country. At it’s peak it provided 96% of Ireland’s electricity - today it provides 2%.