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8NxL TIL Anchorman Peter Jennings, who passed away from lung cancer in 2005, had actually quit smoking around 1985, but started the habit again from the stress of 9/11.
VBEY8 TIL in 1730, 363 men, women, and children from Bishnoi community in India sacrificed their lives to protect trees from King's men. When the King came to know of this sacrifice he personally travelled to the village to apologise for his minister's actions and decreed the ban on cutting trees.
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kMB5 TIL that The Arab slave trade typically dealt in the sale of castrated male slaves. Black boys between the age of 8 and 12 had their scrotums and penises completely amputated to prevent them from reproducing. About six of every 10 boys bled to death during the procedure.
6Zgm TIL Archeologists excavating burial sites from 4000 BC have discovered clay pots repaired with glue made from tree sap.