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Today I learned : Who the Indigenous people of Sicily are.
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TIL that refrigerator doors became magnetic in 1956 because kids playing would climb into an abandoned fridge, pull the door shut and realize too late they were trapped. The door seal prevented air from getting in and the kids’ screams from getting out, and in a short time they’d suffocate.
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TIL: That the Beirut Explosion of August 4th, 2020 is considered one of the most powerful artificial non-nuclear explosions in history. It was equivalent to around 1.1 kilotons of TNT and generated an earthquake equivalent to 3.3 in magnitude.
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TIL that after the Crusaders captured Jerusalem, they massacred the Jew and Muslim population, including women and children. The massacre was so large, that the Crusaders were supposedly wading in blood up to their ankles.
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TIL Franklin the Turtle was inspired based on a line from an episode of MAS*H
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TIL The design of The Simpsons character Dr. Nick Rivera is based somewhat on Klasky Csupo cofounder Gábor Csupó, though the show's animators mistakenly believed Hank Azaria, was impersonating Csupó when Azaria says the voice was actually a "bad" imitation of Ricky Ricardo from I Love Lucy.