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TIL the torture scene with the rat in the heated pot in Game of Thrones was an actual method of torture used during the Red Terror.

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M7bwK TIL about "Hobson's Choice". It labels an illusion of free choice where only one thing is actually offered.
9w5DM TIL about the deadliest hail storm in recorded history. 246 people were killed by hail in Moradabad, India, 1888.
W7VXX TIL Quixotic comes from Don Quixote
epdP5 TIL That ‘Petty Theft’ is commonly spelled ‘Petit Theft’
eAy4 TIL when racial segregation was ruled unconstitutional, Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to “Preserve the Peace” by blocking black students. President Dwight D. Eisenhower reacted by federalizing Arkansas National Guard assuming control to then protect the black students