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TIL Many people killed in crowd disasters die standing up

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v1bVK TIL about the 2 Bruderhof communities in England. Where Christians live together in communes, sharing their income and resources. According to ex members, they perform "exorcism" ceremonies for people with autism, cancer and psychosis.
wmAM TIL A decibel is one tenth of a bel, a seldom-used unit named in honor of Alexander Graham Bell.
8am8b TIL historians have raised doubt on the popular stories of Nero's persecution of Christians, as they are based on a single questionable source
LkQLr TIL that an Oxford comma (or lack thereof) cost a Maine dairy company $10,000,000
0dxy TIL Oskar Schindler, who saved over 1100 Jews in WWII by employing them, spent all his fortune on bribes and black market purchases for his workers. After the war he never regained any of his wealth and in later life had to live off of a small pension from the German government.