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WoAX TIL General Sherman used confederate POWs to clear landmines that were killing his troops
nWjk7 TIL that people who attempted suicide are seven times more likely to die of heart disease before age 40
oPPr TIL that the universe is an estimated 1.4 x 10^27 meters wide. There was an attempt to make 1.0 x10^27 one “Hellameter.” So it could be said that the universe was “Hella meters wide.”
D1nPv TIL That certain species of hawk in Australia have been known to purposely spread wildfires beyond firebreaks in order to force prey out into the open
p884e TIL that the notion of fermented horse urine being a type of wine in Kazakhstan is a misconception; however, they do drink fermented horse milk (kumys).