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TIL that Thomas Edison used to bite his piano

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prrO TIL the Paraguayan War was so catastrophic for the male population of Paraguay, there were only 26,000 adult men left alive in the country at the end of the war. In addition, the F/M ratio in some areas were high as 20:1.
jNBmM TIL of Devon Lee who on Feb 23rd, 1885, was attempted to be hung 3 separate times, but all 3 failed due to a faulty door that worked perfectly fine when Lee wasn't on deck. After the 3rd failed attempt, due to the law, he was returned to his cell and eventually acquitted some years later.
E18pw TIL 33% of millennials buy their first house to give their dog more space, compared to just 19% for a new baby.
M7jPW TIL The Mongols single-handedly ended the Abbasid Dynasty by sacking Baghdad on disastrous scale
BgZyD TIL - the XF-84H "Thunderscreech" experimental plane had a jet powered supersonic propeller, and it was so loud that ground crews vomited, and it was reported to be heard from 25 miles away