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TIL that the law of the Mongol Empire was never made public

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yQKxl TIL that because of the musical "Hamilton", more people visited the grave of Alexander Hamilton in 2015 than in the previous 212 years since his death. Many of those visitors came having just seen the musical on Broadway, or en route to do so.
w5V1 TIL Dr. Martin A. Couney saved thousands of infants by an unorthodox method of putting incubators of prematurely born babies on display. While technically being a carnival show on Coney Island, the treatment of babies was ethically sound and paid for itself. He made the incubator what it is today.
pE4b TIL plants can actually sprout within a human body…
9WD6 TIL, The last reported execution for sorcery in Saudi Arabia took place…..in June 2012
XE66k TIL That according to a study done at the University of South Australia women’s voices have dropped (an average of) 23 HZ in the last decade. Researchers reasoning is that because gender equality has given women more prominent jobs, women have deepened their voice to display authority.