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TIL Mark Twain predicted his own death in 1909 “I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.” He died in 1910, a day after the comet returned.

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VB14 TIL that there is a massive monument in Georgia (US), which gives instructions in 8 languages on how to rebuild a “better” society after an unknown apocalyptic event, whilst also well as functioning as a compass, calendar and clock.
neGEP TIL That Joseph Stalin was only 5'4" tall, and he often wore stacked shoes and stood on platforms to make himself appear taller.
AJ94 TIL that in polytheistic Rome only few hundred people were killed over religious disputes in few hundred years. When Rome turned monotheistic, millions were killed over religious grounds in a few decades
ag7L TIL: If you play a professional sport, you need to pay an income tax. That is, to each state you play against. For a Red Sox player, this means 17 different tax bills.
NXw9P TIL that the celebrated Tudor warship Mary Rose - rediscovered in 1982 and now restored as a museum - had a sister ship called Peter Pomegranate whose fate remains unknown