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TIL About concrete canvas buildings.

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OG8Na TIL: Julia Agripppina of Rome was the mother of Nero and orchestrated his rise to power through poison and politics. However, she lost her influence over him and he forced her out of the palace, stripped her powers and bodyguards, sent people to annoy her, and in 3 different accounts, killed her.
woARJ TIL King Arthur had a spear called Rhongomyniad, which Geoffrey of Monmouth called Ron.
9wEwm TIL executing minors in the US wasn't ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court until 1993.
4ky5N TIL of the largest general strike in history in May 1968, when 11 million French citizens spent 2 weeks on strike to protest the heavy-handed police response to student protests earlier that year, resulting in an early election call
AZk4 TIL Cashew nuts grow out of a “strange apple”