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TIL a Portuguese king promised a religious order to build a convent if his wife became pregnant. The promise came true and the convent was built, making it one of the largest in Portugal.

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pMRO TIL the leaders of a 1977 miners strike in Communist Romania were given 5 minute chest x-rays after the strike was over to ensure they would develop cancer.
W770d TIL about the B-52 bomber that crashed into the empire state building on July 28th 1945. The pilot had requested clearance to land at LaGuardia due to zero visibility(fog) but was told to reroute and not land. 14 people died as a result of the accident.
jNdN TIL that Roe, of Roe v Wade fame, lied about rape to try to obtain an abortion, because Texas had rape/incest exception to their pro-life laws.
g5PA TIL when a German hacker stole the source code for Half Life 2, Gabe Newell tricked him in to thinking Valve wanted to hire him as an “in-house security auditor”. He was given plane tickets to the USA and was to be arrested on arrival by the FBI
e9MJ TIL after 27 years in the MLB, at age 46, Nolan Ryan’s final pitch clocked in at 89 mph. He had a lifetime winning percentage of .526, was an eight-time MLB All-Star, and his 5,714 career strikeouts rank first in baseball history. Ryan also threw a record 7 no-hitters, 3 more than any pitcher.