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TIL The Great Wall of China is not visible from space, despite popular belief

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J1BR8 TIL During the Second Punic War, it's been suggested that upwards of 300,000 Roman soldiers were killed by Hannibal's army. At the Battle of Cannae alone, about 20% of Rome's fighting age men were killed (up to 70k), and by the end of the war, 1 in 6 of Rome's adult male population was dead.
0goy TIL back in 2011 NYC cops were acquitted of raping a drunk woman despite medical evidence corroborating her story, eyewitnesses the cops lied to, a fake 911 call by the cops trying to cover up the incident, and a taped admission by the cop that he had sex with the victim.
nWnEb TIL pepperoni is an entirely American invention, first made in New York City in the late 1910s.
VBAQ8 TIL The International Ice Patrol was founded in 1914 in response to the Titanic sinking to report the movements of icebergs in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. It stills exists to this day.
ev5L TIL In the Pamplona Running of the Bulls, there have been 15 deaths since 1910. For safety, there are 16 posts with at least 1 doctor and 1 nurse each, and about 20 ambulances. A gored person can be stabilized and taken to a hospital in less than 10 minutes.