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TIL 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World Cup awarded

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DQEaY TIL that when England held its first lottery in 1567 everyone who bought a ticket got immunity from one arrest as long as it was not piracy, murder, felonies, or treason. Prizes for winning the lottery were £5,000 in cash, but also goods like plate, tapestries and “good linen cloth.”
ep0xE TIL that Pope Nicholas III Orsini created a botanical garden in Vatican City that has been maintained for over 700 years.
rNwY0 TIL fixed position street lights were first used around 500BC Beijing, using bamboo and naturally-occurring gas vents
JYVYv TIL the word cheesecake has sexual connotations and was used in the 1660s to describe promiscuous women
epKp5 TIL From 1825 to 1835 Justus von Liebig did research and taught his students practical chemistry out of a dissused barrack. It was not until 1833 that the teachings were accepted by the university, with new laboratories coming later.