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TIL of the 1862 explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal, where almost all of the 78 workers that died from the massive set of explosions, were girls and young women, who replaced young boys/men who flouted common-sense safety precautions.

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WJnN TIL In 1524 a statue of Virgin Mary was charged as being a witch and was sent to a trial by water, when the statue floated they denounced it as a witch and burnt it.
4keL5 TIL about Pfeiffer syndrome, a rare disorder that causes the bones in the skull to fuse too early, deforming the head and face.
69XgZ TIL that a pod of beluga whales adopted a lost narwhal and have accepted him as one of their own
8WOK TIL In 1856, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that was so engaging, captivating, and impassioned, that the reporters completely forgot to take notes of what was being said. To this day, no one truly knows the content of ‘Lincoln’s Lost Speech.’
5BLp TIL in 2009 Amazon sold diapers at a 100m loss to scare Diapers.com into selling them their business or face being ran into the ground