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TIL that the word lunatic comes from people thinking that the moon could cause madness.

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8eRDK TIL about the classical period of witch hunts in early modern europe and colonial america took place around 1450 to 1750.Modern scholarly estimates place the total number of executions for witchcraft in the 300-year period of European witch-hunts in the five digits b/w 35000 to 50000
b6Zjp TIL that in 2018 Okayama, Japan bus drivers strike by continuing to run routes and refusing to take anyone’s money.
M7Rmb TIL about Watermelon Mosaic Virus spread by aphids looks like someone carved crop circles on a watermelon
d886B TIL, The Inventor of the Chili’s Baby Back Ribs Song Has Never Eaten Their Ribs
4XJEN TIL the famous Old West gunslinger John Wesley Hardin studied law while in prison, and became an attorney in Gonzales, TX once he was released.