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TIL that many old churches look as if they have sunk into the ground, when in fact the ground has risen up to 3 feet by centuries’ worth of decomposing bodies in the graveyards.

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xVOB5 TIL that the story of the Chernobyl fireman's wife is deemed impossible by Robert Gale, a UCLA doctor who treated radiation victims
WayA TIL that contrary to its portrayal in the Jurassic Park movies, the T-Rex does not have a long and loud roar. It is highly possible that they hiss similar to crocodiles
nY4P TIL that the reward of 72 virgins may be a mistranslation. The reward for martyrdom may actually be raisins.
NonN TIL that in 1915, the Washington Post made one of the most infamous typos in newspaper history by misspelling ‘entertaining’ as 'entering’ while covering one of Woodrow Wilson’s dates with his fiancée: “Rather than paying attention to the play, the President spent the evening entering Mrs. Galt.”
BX1x TIL J.B.S. Haldane, in order to find out about the effects of pH on the body, drank hydrochloric acid and sat in an atmosphere of 6-7% carbon dioxide