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TIL that the earliest documentation of distilling water was by the Ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle

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epwDb TIL humans have left over 187,400 kilograms (413,100 lb) of material on the Moon.
meQY TIL An invasion of Canada that would have likely handed control of the Niagara peninsula to the USA was thwarted when one woman overheard the plans, walked 20 miles through wilderness, and warned a British Lieutenant. The invading Americans were ambushed and promptly surrendered.
gMygy TIL of the city of Salonica in modern day Greece was for centuries one of the only Jewish majority cities but during Nazi occupation 90% of the Jewish residents were murdered and their cultural artifacts plundered, houses stolen, and the cemetery dug up and the headstones used as building material.
85rL TIL that the photographer who took the famous ‘The vulture and the girl’ photograph in 1993 later on committed suicide in 1994, the same year he received a Pulitzer prize for the disturbing image.
75lO TIL The Temple of Doom led to the creation of the PG-13 rating; Spielberg wrote to the MPAA asking for a rating between PG and R