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TIL Genghis Khan killed about 10% of the world population.

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5Y6Mr TIL The man with the world’s longest-ever beard, four and a half feet long, broke his neck and died after tripping over it.
76gr TIL that the city of Pompeii was covered in graffiti, including one case saying “Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!”
j6Bjn TIL that since April 2021 MOXIE has been successfully making oxygen from mars atmosphere, and was able to produce oxygen on seven experimental runs, in a variety of atmospheric conditions, including during day and night, and through different Martian seasons.
1WE8 TIL during the Siege of Leningrad in WWII, 9 Soviet scientists died of starvation while protecting the world’s largest seed bank, refusing to eat what they saw as their country’s future.