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TIL the Mississippi River ran backwards in 1812

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kJ1wW TIL that after Roman consul Publius Claudius Pulcher lost a major battle against the Carthaginians, his sister, Claudia, became infamous when, obstructed in a street blocked by poorer citizens, she wished aloud that her brother would lose another battle so as to thin the crowd.
k5mm TIL in 1999 the WHO found food irradiation so safe, they deemed “risk assessment” inappropriate because there was no risk (document p. 162; PDF p. 67)
KYLg9 TIL that Cecil H. Underwood, the 25th and 32nd Governor of West Virginia, was both the youngest and oldest Governor of West Virginia, having served his first term from 1957-1961, and the second from 1997-2001.
KYERw TIL the Largest Producer Of Child Pornography Ever Prosecuted In Minnesota, Anton Martynenko Sentenced To 38 Years In Prison
OX94 TIL that African wild dogs are the most successful predators/hunters, even better than lions, with a kill rate per chase of more than 85%