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TIL While the Pope resided in Viterbo in 1377 a Cardinal's retainer tried to bathe his little dog in a fountain. The woman in line behind him complained loudly, which escalated to a brawl and then a full revolt, resulting in several dead, including the woman, as well as many destroyed buildings

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jLVv TIL in 1937 Hitler told a British official that the British should “shoot Gandhi, and if this doesn’t suffice to reduce them to submission, shoot a dozen leading members of the Congress, and if that doesn’t suffice shoot 200, and so on, as you make it clear that you mean business.”
mxlJM TIL US incarceration rates exceeds the average incarceration levels in the Soviet Union during the existence of the infamous Stalin’s Gulag system
9Ywpp TIL that 50-80% of Cali firefighters in the brush are female and male inmates that make about $2/day, yet even after years of experience they can't become firefighters when they are released because CA doesn't hire ex-felons.
epl9b TIL the Yellow River's infamous floods aren't the river simply overflowing its banks and returning to its original course. When uncontrolled, the river changes course frequently and wildly; some episodes see the river's mouth shift as far as 480 km.
NXeVQ TIL about Medicine Shows which were touring acts that peddled "miracle cure" patent medicines between entertainments like freak shows, flea circuses, musical acts, magic tricks and story telling.