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TIL that in the lower regions of space, despite the air density being low enough to allow a short-term orbit, the atmospheric density is still high enough that sounds can be heard.

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mxWPy TIL of the Bodo League Massacre. A genocide personally witnessed by the American Armed Forces and carried out by the South Korean Military. Around 200,000 people ended up dead. The British Armed Forces were able to successfully save many of the citizens that had been 'marked for death'.
nWGoG TIL about Botulf Botulfsson, the only person executed for heresy in Sweden. He denied that the Eucharist was the body of Christ, telling a priest: "If the bread were truly the body of Christ you would have eaten it all yourself a long time ago." He was burned in 1311.
d8keZ TIL about the Bangladesh genocide of 1971. This was the largest genocide since the Holocaust, with upwards of 3,000,000 people dying.
WXd TIL The StarWars Kid filed a $250,000 Lawsuit against the families of students who uploaded the video
lo4w1 TIL that comedian Redd Foxx, known as the "King of the Party Records" and star of the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son," influenced comedians including Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Pat Morita, and Jamie Foxx, who chose his professional surname as a tribute.