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TIL there was a 1934 plan to dam and fill the Hudson River, adding 10 square miles of land to Manhattan

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BgQkL TIL in 1527, Charles V had Rome sacked and Pope Clement VII imprisoned for several months. That same year, King Henry VIII of England petitioned the Pope to annul his childless marriage to Charles aunt, Katherine of Aragon. The petition was denied and forced Henry to break away from Catholic faith.
KOQ1Q TIL King Tut had a Dagger Made from a Meteorite
v1OKr TIL after 30 WWII veterans in their mid-nineties were shown ‘Dunkirk,’ the general consensus among them was that they loved the film and thought it captured events very accurately, but “thought the soundtrack was louder than the actual bombardment.” The comment amused Nolan greatly.
78YJ7 TIL That anyone killed by lightening in Rome was denied proper burial, because it was assumed the gods had punished him
5EAp TIL Scientists lit a hole filled with natural gas on fire in 1971, thinking it would burn for only a few days. The hole has been burning for the past 46 years and is called “The Door to Hell”