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Today I learned: William Hull a esteemed veteran of the revolutionary war. Tarnished his reputation by surrendering the entirety of the territory of Michigan to the British in the war of 1812.

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wLM5J TIL Elephant's Foot, in Room 215 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, a mass of corium and other materials formed, creating an foot like shape (hence the time), In the 80s it had enough radiation built up in it that it could kill you in 5 minutes, as the radiation was insanely powerful.
Rp77 TIL on August 19, 1980, a Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight carrying 301 people caught fire shortly after takeoff. The plane landed safely but when the ground crew opened the doors, everyone was already dead.
7rEKO TIL Parshvanatha, from 8th century BC, was the earliest exponent of Karma philosophy in recorded history. Parshvanatha was born with blue-black skin. A strong, handsome boy, he played with the gods of water, hills and trees
a8WGM TIL that bats use echolocation to find food in the dark. They make high-pitched sounds that bounce off objects, helping them figure out where stuff is. It's like their own built-in radar!
45l6 TIL the Holodomor Genocide was a man made famine that killed millions in Soviet Ukraine from 1932-1933.