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xgm0 TIL in 1450, a pack of wolves invaded Paris and killed 40 people. The killing ended when a group of people banded together and stoned and speared the wolves to death in front of Notre Dame Cathedral
ANxbo TIL a pilot bet the first officer he could land his plane with the curtains closed, relying just on the instruments. Seventy people on-board died in the resulting crash, but the pilot survived.
LaRr TIL that China, Bangladesh and Grenada are the only countries where the female suicide rate is higher than the male rate
rlkx TIL the reason the background clouds, hills etc. have eyes in the Super Mario games is because they used to be Mushroom People (toads) and were transformed by Bowser’s magic. The pipes and bricks that you destroy used to be Mushroom People too.
ME40 TIL Cartoon Network banned an episode of Cow and Chicken called “Buffalo Gals” which allegedly implied lesbian stereotypes including the Gals being mistaken for men and the line “Oh! the Buffalo Gals, a motorcycle riding gang that randomly breaks into people’s homes and chews on their carpets.”