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TIL: Citizens of 13th century Freiburg didn't like that the Count of Freiburg increasing taxes and limiting their freedom of trade, so they destroyed his castle with catapults.

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8wZG TIL there is an ancient city in central Mexico that no one knows the origin of, even today. The Aztecs called it “the city of the gods” because they claimed it was built overnight by the gods because it wasn’t there one day and was the next
kkdg TIL there exists a cave so massive that it has its own weather system
Ok9e TIL it costs approximately 1.6 cents to make 1 penny, as a result the mint loses around $55 million just on the production of these coins
X04L8 TIL that Beetles are the Dominant Form of Life on Earth, as One of every Five living Species is a Beetle. Making them the largest Group in the Animal Kingdom.
ZAOo TIL that a North Korean man allegedly, during a recent famine, dug up his grandchild’s corpse and ate it.