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TIL after the Bulldozer Revolution in Serbia, the resistance set up a course in non-violent protest

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kQe4 TIL Harvey’s Wagon Wheel Casino was heavily damaged by a bomb in an extortion attempt in 1980. The bomb was designed and built by a millionaire businessman is the most complex improvised explosive device ever created, according to the FBI.
d8yej TIL Syphilis used to be treated by infecting people with malaria to induce a fever. While about 15% of patients died from malaria, this was preferable to the almost-certain death from syphilis
9YRJ6 TIL in 2008 the Mayor of Belleville Illinois banned anyone over 12 from trick-or-treating, with violators receiving fines or even jail time.
GAV5J TIL people milk horses and sell this mare milk in specialty stores
mM5O TIL that 17 out of the 20 tallest statues in the world are Buddhist