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TIL that scientists from L'Aquila, Italy, were sentenced to six years in prison for failing to warn of an earthquake, despite lacking any reliable means to do so.

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kOrA4 TIL sections of a 2500 year old Greek play believed to have been lost forever in the fire that destroyed the great Library of Alexandria were rediscovered on papyrus stuffed inside an Egyptian mummy. The pages were later translated and used in an actual play that was presented to audiences
NXvRM TIL that Grover Cleveland issued more vetoes than all of his predecessors combined. He is only surpassed by FDR in number of vetoes.
yVWX TIL ancient Egyptian kings would avoid drinking wine because of its resemblance to blood, believing that it was the blood of those who battled the gods and lost - which is why drinking it temporarily drove people out of their senses and made them a little crazy.
d8nQZ TIL in 1958 the USAF planned to nuke the moon.
GKx7 TIL that Quentin Tarantino got the inspiration to use manga comics to portray the gruesome violence in Kill Bill from Indian filmmaker Kamal haasan