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TIL around 400,000 gladiators died in the Colosseum.
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TIL that the beloved British dish of fish&chips was the result of Portugeuse Jews fleeing the Inquisition and bringing their fried fish dish and potatoes losing their bad reputation as gross and poisonous, becoming a European staple.
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TIL the word “impossible” dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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TIL of the GitHub Archive Program in which the GitHub team had a full archive of all current public repositories buried in a decommissioned coal mine in the Norwegian town of Longyearbyen
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TIL In 1965 a machine was patented to deliver a baby using centrifugal force. The machine would spin you until the baby came out, and it would be caught in a net.
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TIL of the Gympie Gympie or suicide plant Dendrocnide moroides, its hairs can penetrate protective gear. It has a crippling neurotoxin that can last from days to years. Brushing your hand against it can make you throw up from the pain. Using it as toilet paper has made people shoot themselves