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TIL The Tomb of Mausolus, one of the ancient wonders of the world is beĺieved to have stood for over sixteen centuries before being damaged by an earthquake. After it was damaged the stone was scavenged and The Knights of St John of Rhodes used it fortify it in Bodrum Castle 1494.

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P1mEL TIL that the Guinness World Records no longer celebrates "The Loudest Band in the World" for fear of promoting hearing loss. Before they discontinued the record, they had at various points recognized Deep Purple, The Who and Manowar as the record holders.
5GWp TIL Instead of being tried for war crimes, the Japanese researchers involved in human experimentation in Unit 731 were given immunity by the U.S. in exchange for their data obtained.
e0Kw4 TIL the British government accidentally published classified information about their nuclear submarines in a "redacted" report. The classified information had been "blacked out" in the document, but anyone who opened the document could copy and paste the "blacked-out" text in order to read it.
4aba TIL: A 71-year-old man was convicted of murder for shooting the man who robbed him of $18,000 of property. The Assistant District Attorney argued that “The law recognizes the right to self-defense, but you can never take a human life for property,” that the man should have yelled for help instead.
0wBJv TIL The 1941 American movie drama 'Citizen Kane' was originally a box office flop. The movie failed to recoup its cost at the box office. Radio City Music Hall's management refused to screen Citizen Kane for its premiere. Today, Citizen Kane is considered the Greatest American Film of All Time.