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TIL of Sara Forbes Bonetta, a West African who was orphaned, sold into slavery, and in a remarkable twist of events, was liberated from enslavement and became a goddaughter to Queen Victoria.

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X0mkr TIL about the Largest Hindu Temple in the US ( Second Largest in the World ) in New Jersey
jNGLQ TIL of the tallest solider of all time, Väinö Myllyrinne. While he served for the Viipuri Heavy Artillery he was (7ft 3in) tall. Later in his life he had anothe growth spurt and he ended up being (8ft 3in) tall. On top of all that he was a wrestler, in a circus, and had GIANT hands.
aw5g0 TIL more than a dozen vulnerable people were involuntarily injected with plutonium as part of the Manhattan Project, in order to learn the human biological reaction to radiation poisoning
a8goJ TIL the only U.S. state governor to be assassinated, William Goebel, was actually sworn in the day after he was shot. He died having served only 3 days in office.
4XpBa TIL there was a heatwave in Russia back in 2010 that killed 55,736 people, with 700 people dying in Moscow every day