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TIL gold is created by two neutron stars colliding

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yVyap TIL that during WW1 the British government outlawed the act of buying somebody else a drink with the “No treating order”
8eQnK TIL about a man named Herostratus who burned down the second Temple of Artemis at Epheseus in 356 BC to become famous. He was tortured and executed for it, and authorities in the region made mentioning his name punishable by death.
KYgoJ TIL the most widely used Language in North America during the 1700s and 1800s was not English or Spanish but a universal form of Sign Language now known as Plains Sign. It allowed natives and colonists to cross language barriers and trade easily.
1J07 TIL there is an Orange County, China and it consists entirely of American-style townhouses and tract homes
Xl58 TIL the Great Famine of Ireland caused so many deaths, that Ireland’s population still has not recovered (even after 150 years)