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TIL ‘Public School’ has the Opposite Meaning in the U.K. compared to the U.S.

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VBdG TIL the Japanese Warlord Date Masamune sent an embassy to Spain and Rome. Two days after his ambassador returned and gave his report, Date Masamune, who had previously been tolerant of Christianity, banned it.
69e68 TIL the survival rate of cardiac arrest outside Hospital with CPR is 11.2%. With immediate defibrillator it’s 41%
J1K94 TIL Mars sometimes hums. Scientists aren't sure why.
jNv4R TIL about Liliana Cáceres, the Colombian who in 1997 faked a multiple pregnancy of nine by stuffing her clothes with rags. This was her plot to prevent her boyfriend from leaving her. The woman drew the attention of her community and news outlets before discovering that it was all a lie.
jNPwp TIL that a man was found guilty of an unsolved murder by tattooing the murder scene on his chest