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WgnN TIL that a mom who set her daughter’s rapist on fire was originally sentenced to more jail time than he was.
5Y50r TIL Medieval scholar Al-Biruni,after accurately measuring earth’s radius and judging by the size of Asia and Africa,predicted the existence of a landmass in the ocean between Asia And Europe,similar in size to the known continents and with similar geological features,likely inhabited by humans
YpQAx TIL the Nazi war machine of WWII was not fully mechanized, and was heavily reliant on horses for transport
ly9B TIL In the 1830s Americans drank an average of 7.1 gallons of pure alcohol per year. Early Americans took a healthful dram for breakfast, whiskey was a typical lunchtime tipple, ale accompanied supper and the day ended with a nightcap.
PoYE TIL “The Great Smog” of London, UK was a severe air pollution event that lasted 5 days and killed an estimated 12,000 people in December of 1952.