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TIL Hopscotch is listed among the games prohibited by Buddha.

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kmne TIL that Big Bertha, a gun used during WW1, was so powerful that troops had to move 300 yards away and put cotton wads in their ears, eyes, and nose, as well as open their mouths, so that their eardrums weren’t burst by the blast presure
M97A TIL A group of Soviet prisoners were able to revolt and seize control of their gulag for 40 days
rRKpW TIL its estimated 66 tonnes of human faeces has been left by mointaineers over the years on Mount Denali, North America's highest peak. It has begun to surface downstream due to warming temperatures, appearing "not very different from when it was buried"... and smelly.
QNgQp TIL it is possible to kill yourself in your sleep. This condition is called parasomnia pseudo-suicide
VMJM8 TIL Levar Burton (Geordi Laforge from Star Trek: The Next Generation) originally attended a Catholic seminary in order to become a priest but changed his mind after having doubts about the Catholic religion.