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TIL of the locknar mine.It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history , the blast killed 10,000 soldiers ,

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p86A TIL the Pope had to make a decree that Native Americans were “rational beings with souls” and not to be enslaved in 1537.
Q6AL TIL that, unlike most bronze sculptures of Roman emperors, the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius was not melted down during the Middle Ages because Europeans of that time thought it was a statue of Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome.
p8bb4 TIL The elliptical orbit of Earth places Australia 7-10% closer to the sun
NDjM TIL that not once in Humpty Dumpty does it refer to him as an egg.
1aZB7 TIL that in Japan, back when Christianity was illegal, people were told to step on this plaque with a picture of Mary or Jesus on it to prove that they weren’t Christians