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TIL that there exists a List of Confederate monuments and memorials that can be easily accessed by protesters to see which monuments fall in their area. This may not prove to too good for the Confederate monuments.

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j7LE TIL In the 1700s the Catholic Church was so adamant that suicide would send you to Hell that suicidal christians murdered innocent children instead. The child would go to heaven, and the person would be executed for murder. They would be able to repent their sin to a priest shortly before execution.
NX6GE TIL about the eighth continent Zealandia, which subsided after breaking away some 80 million years ago. It is almost the size of Australia and a recent study suggests it to be over a billion years old, about twice as old as geologists previously thought.
Zawv TIL Mariusz Pudzianowski, 5 Time Worlds Strongest Man (the only man to ever acheive the title 5 times), also has a Masters in International Relations, and once went to jail for stopping a mob boss from beating up a young man.
W7ZOo TIL Mount Kailash is smaller than Everest but has never been climbed by a human. The untouched mountain is known as ‘kailasa’ in Sanskrit, which roughly translates to mean 'crystal'. In Hinduism, it is said that Shiva sits in lotus position, engaged in deep meditation.
R7An8 TIL of Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world. Despite it's latitude and being adjacent to a glacier, winters are actually very mild with typical temperatures no lower that of some populated parts of the Scottish Highlands.