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TIL The Pyramids that were in America before it was colonized.

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oRKdY TIL most of the people who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire of 1911 were girls/women aged 14-23. In addition, the doors were locked (preventing escape), a common practice of the time to reduce theft and breaks by workers. Many women people jumped out of the 8/9/10th floors
1amwO TIL about Dorothy Levitt, one of the first British female racing drivers. In her column for women she advised women on a car to buy, how to dress while driving, and items to bring, including gloves, an extra handkerchief, a clean veil, a powder-puff, hair-pins, a hand mirror, chocolates, and a gun.
D6MY TIL the Tunguska Event, an explosion in Siberia in 1908, was 1,000 times greater than the atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima, wiped out 80 million trees, and may have killed a total of 2 people
VMlr4 TIL of Tommy "Karate" Pitera. A hitman for the Bonanno crime family. He spent 27 months in Japan studying martial arts and weapons training along with further educating in human biology and dissection. Suspected on up to 60 murders, he often kept souvenirs from his victims.
yQyk8 TIL a pedophile in Thailand posted a picture of himself with a swirl effect on his face, allowing the Interpol to unswirl the image back and arrest him