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TIL that there is evidence of early humans being killed and eaten by eagles

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woAr6 TIL when Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector, he signed his name as Oliver P, the "P" standing for "Protector." This mirrored the practices of monarchs signing their name with "R", which stood for "Rex" or "Regina".
v1ooK TIL A temple housing a 500-ton statue of the Buddha was commissioned by Emperor Shomu in response to an epidemic which wiped out one third of the Japanese population. Casting the statue almost bankrupted the country.
M7BYB TIL Francesco Guicciardini's father refused to make his son a priest, out of principal, even if it meant less money. As a layman Francesco ended up working for 20 years as the Pope's right hand man. He privately wrote that he hated the clergy, but self interest demanded to keep working for them
eEGE TIL a faith-healing cult in Indiana in the 1970s and ‘80s caused at least 90 medically preventable deaths.
dDMDE TIL that the first movie depicting the sinking of the Titanic was released just 29 days after the tragedy, and even starred an actual survivor.