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TIL the first street fight caught on camera was in Halifax, England - 1901

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eJEL TIL that most energy drinks contain Taurine. The same amino acid that cats require in the diet to prevent them from going blind.
ne9NY TIL that in 1452 a Hungarian engineer, known as Orban, offered to sell an extremely powerful cannon to the Roman Emperor. He refused, so Orban instead sold the cannon to the Ottoman emperor, who used it to breach the walls of Constantinople in 1453, which brought the end to the Roman Empire
67EY TIL that bone marrow transplant recipients often inherit the donor’s immunities and allergies.
m1GlR TIL In the 1950’s, when General Electric opened Appliance Park in Louisville, KY, they persuaded lawmakers to bend the time zone boundary around the city so the factory would observe the same time as GE’s headquarters in Fairfield, CT.
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