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TIL that in German tramp stamps are called "ass antlers" aka Arschgeweih

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VN5k TIL of the Tulsa race riot, where a group of white people burned down 35 city blocks which contained the wealthiest african-american community in the country, using aircraft to drop firebombs. 10,000 black people were made homeless.
mxKZR TIL that the state vegetable of Oklahoma is watermelon. A watermelon is a fruit.
Kep9 TIL Only very tiny amounts of the chemical in trick noisemakers can be prepared at once, as even the weight of the crystals can cause them to self-detonate.
b9lVp TIL Boston Corbett, the man who killed John Wilkes Boothe, years earlier had castrated himself with scissors after reading a bible passage. He was thought to have gone insane from inhaling fumes while making hats, with symptoms that persisted his whole life
VBolD TIL about the Essex, an American whaling ship that was sunk by a sperm whale in 1820. The survivors made for land off the South American coast. Seven crew members were cannibalized before eight survivors were rescued. The tragedy gained international attention, inspiring the novel, Moby Dick.