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TIL Genghis Khan killed enough people to cool the earth, 40 million people were killed and vast areas of farmland were reclaimed by forests

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k9Lg TIL that Stephen King has made large charitable donations without announcing them because he was “raised firmly to believe that if you give away money and you make a big deal of it so that everybody sees it, that’s hubris. (…) you’re not supposed to make a big deal about it.”
Abb7 TIL That when Mister Rogers passed away in 2003, his death was so impactful in the world of children that PBS felt compelled to make a guide for parents called “If your child asks about Fred Rogers’ death”
6AY TIL there is a disease where you eventually stop sleeping, and then die. There is no cure.
rN0Gw TIL that, during the Cultural Revolution, ‘mango fever’ swept China after Mao regifted a box of the fruit to a propaganda team. A dentist named Dr. Han Guangdi claimed that the mango looked like little more than a sweet potato. He was found guilty of “malicious slander” and later executed.
oBk6r TIL Steve Jobs used to get a new car every 6 months to avoid driving around with a license plate