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TIL that graves became 6 feet deep as a result of the plague in 1665.

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oRp5A TIL about Strongheart, a male German shepherd who was one of the earliest canine movie stars. Originally trained as a police dog, Strongheart served in the German Red Cross during World War I. Tragically he was burnt in an accident with a hot studio light, dying at age 11 on June 24, 1929.
d8WD9 TIL of the "Brussels effect", which is when EU laws end up raising the standards of regulations worldwide, simply because the EU market is so massive and it's less of a hassle for businesses to just fully adopt EU standards even in non-EU countries
OE41 TIL since 2001 astronomers have detected 11 high frequency radio signals, which share an underlying mathematical pattern that defies explanation as naturally occuring phenomena.
loljr TIL Gary Webb, the reporter from the San Jose Mercury News who first broke the story of CIA involvement in the cocaine trade, was found dead with “two gunshot wounds to the head.” His death, in 2004, was ruled a suicide.
N6OJ TIL the band Badfinger (early 70’s) had all their money stolen in a bad business deal and the two leading members committed suicide.