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TIL: Ancient Greeks used beacons atop mountains for more than communication of something/nothing; beacons were used to communicate actual words.

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GYnB7 TIL that in the mid 1800s people believed that travelling by train could cause insanity due to the high speeds.
ADK54 TIL over 7,000 accidental plane crashes happened on American soil during WW2, killing over 15,000 people.
e0jd4 TIL: Schiphol Airport(Amsterdam) features a man painting the minutes on a giant clock for 12 hours.
l78yN TIL That Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were the first Americans to be tired and executed for stealing nuclear documents from the US Government during peacetime.
Bk8k TIL back in 1894 the British Government did an inquiry into cannabis use in India, and concluded that “moderate use practically produces no ill effects”.