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TIL A duel was once fought in Paris where both men were suspended in the air by balloons, trying to shoot each other down.

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VBMXQ TIL it was only 200 years ago Humans discovered Dinosaurs.
Breky TIL that the Hijra (transgender) community in India and Pakistan use a secret language called Hijra Farsi, which originated more than 200 years ago due to government persecution. The language is introduced to newcomers when they enter the community, together with the group’s other traditions
nWlvd TIL About Lolita Lebron, a Puerto Rican Nationalist who attacked the US House of Representatives to protest the forced takeover of Puerto Rico, shooting Five US Congressmen
E1jad TIL 19-year-old Jonathan Burton was killed by his fellow passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City after bursting into the cockpit in what investigators described as a case of "air rage." This incident occurred a year before 9/11.
vPOa8 TIL that many of the lifeforms in the Ediacaran Period (c. 635–538.8 Mya), are very challenging to place in the tree of life. We are not sure whether they are animals, lichens, algae, fungi, microbial colonies, or some strange intermediate between plants and animals.