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TIL In the 1700s the Catholic Church was so adamant that suicide would send you to Hell that suicidal christians murdered innocent children instead. The child would go to heaven, and the person would be executed for murder. They would be able to repent their sin to a priest shortly before execution.

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Jo5Q TIL of Salty and Roselle, two separate guide dogs who were in the World Trade Centre during 9/11. They were on the 71st and 78th floor of Tower 1 respectively. They each led their owners safely out of the burning tower amidst the chaos, and both owners and dogs survived.
LQ640 TIL that tennis shoes were originally made for the British Navy when on their slippery decks. When the shoes came into the market in 1892, they were known as plimsolls. The shoes were then given the name sneakers because they had no sound when walking
lo1M1 TIL A French doctor lured as many as 60 Jews into his home under the pretence of safety from the Nazi occupiers. He then killed them with his own gas chamber.
Zj9Y TIL at a sound check before the address, Reagan made the following joke to the radio technicians: “My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”
b9By9 TIL songwriter James Blunt was once an army officer. He was in Kosovo in 1999 when the Russians took over Pristina airport. The NATO commander order Blunt's unit to attack and Blunt's commander refused saying we're "not going to start the Third World War."