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Til when Cleopatra and Julius Caesar met and subsequently became lovers, she was 21 and he was 52

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jNvAv TIL of Hakkōda Mountains incident where a unit of Imperial Japanese Army soldiers became lost in a blizzard on the Hakkōda Mountains, Japan. The 199 deaths during a single ascent make it the most lethal disaster in the modern history of mountain climbing. From the 11 survivors, 8 needed amputations.
xg57 TIL the average American pimp has three prostitutes in his service
Px5G TIL Mohawk Indians were instrumental in building many NYC bridges and skyscrapers, including the Empire State Building. This both contributed to, and was the result of, the myth that American Indians have no fear of heights.
neo6W TIL Davy Crockett was not only an American pioneer, but a politician and a soldier: as a member of U.S. Congress he vehemently opposed Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act (which led to the Trail of Tears) and eventually died in the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.
oBng8 TIL a beer tsunami devastated a neighborhood in London killing 8 and destroying whole houses. The 1500 cubic meter flood was ruled as an “Act of God” and nobody was held responsible