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TIL There were almost two internets. Then, the CIA destroyed one.

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awA90 TIL that Black Death pandemic spread in Eurasia when after a protracted siege, during which the Mongol army under Jani Beg was suffering the disease, catapulted the infected corpses over the city walls to infect the inhabitants, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people.
vPXOD TIL The Baseball Manager Connie Mack was the longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history and holds record for wins (3,731), losses (3,948). He also had a code of conduct for all his players that included not judging people on the basis of race or religion.
mRAR TIL that so many people died by ringing church bells in storms, due to the belief that it would disperse thunder, that the practice was banned by the Parlement of Paris
kO6mE TIL The parents of one of John Wayne Gacy’s victims, John Butkovich, called police more than a hundred times to urge them to investigate him further. Their son had vanished in 1975, and had been one of Gacy’s employees.
RrN1 TIL - The Thorny Devil Lizard is a reptile that channels water that comes into contact with his skin through Hygroscopic grooves to it’s mouth (It can drink water by standing in it).