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TIL: Ancient Europeans Worshipped Wood and Stonehenges

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WnZ9 TIL that an anti-Semitic nobleman once allegedly told Moses Montefiore that he had recently visited Japan, where “they have neither pigs nor Jews.” In response, Montefiore said that they should both go there so that it will have one of each.
9dNG TIL that ending a sentence with a preposition isn’t wrong in English
wkWE TIL that Ayn Rand, upon her retirement, went onto Social Security and Medicare.
XEbEP Today I learned of guitarist Dave Mustaine who was fired from his band for drug abuse, alcoholism, and aggressive behavior. He went on to form his own band, Megadeth, which would go on to sell 25 million albums worldwide. The band that fired him? Metallica.
p8oy8 TIL about Drapetomania, a mental illness that Dr. Samuel Cartwright hypothesized as the cause of slaves wanting to flee captivity