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TIL while men were burned at the stake it was often reserved for women as a way of modestly putting them to death without exposing their bodies

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E1Mxx TIL the solar storm of 1859 caused the aurora borealis to be seen as far south as the Caribbean and was bright enough to wake miners in the Rockies. The geomagnetic current was also strong enough to power telegraph systems. A similar event happening today would cause widespread blackouts and damage.
xVyb1 TIL that in Japan there are trains that bark like dogs to scare deer that come to lick the rails to get iron
xe0w TIL UPS gets 15,000 parking tickets in New York a month
p866G TIL Dolphins come in just behind humans in brainpower - can demonstrate skills and awareness previously thought to be present only in humans.
8e188 TIL The Way of Tuna is a plan by Korean cult leader Sun M. Moon to infiltrate the US sushi industry to fund his church: “After we build the boats, we catch the fish and process them for the market, and then have a distribution network. This is not just on the drawing board; I have already done it.”