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VDeG TIL that the destruction under Genghis Khan may have scrubbed as much as 700 million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere by allowing forests to regrow on previously populated and cultivated land.
6ELEY TIL that in 1720 a ship full of precious goods and sick people arrived in Marseille/France. In spite of clear signs, greedy merchands put pressure an the authorities to shorten the quarantine and not to burn the freight. More than 100.000 people died because of pestilence in the next two years.
xnY5 TIL an ancient method of starting fire in SE Asia used a device called a fire piston that used rapidly compressed air to ignite a piece of tinder–the same principle used in diesel engines.
Ydw7 TIL a Florida computer repair business incidentally named “CP Distributor” paid $240 for an ad in an coupon book featuring the infamous pedophile meme character “Pedobear.”
R5Yow TIL The last Judicial Flogging in the US was administered to a wife beater in 1952, who received 20 lashes.