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TIL Genghis Khan killed an estimated 40 million people, resulting in a man-made climate change. The Mongol invasion effectively cooled the planet, scrubbing around 700 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere.

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jYGN TIL that Bohemian Grove is a 137 year old secret camp, that Nixon called “the most faggy goddamn thing you could ever imagine”. The camp is private and only open to the rich and powerful men of the world.
N7rjE TIL NASA's landing of the Curiosity rover was copyright claimed on YouTube
8aNVX TIL that gerontologist Elaine Brody used the term "women in the middle" to refer to women who care for their elderly parents while raising their children.
kkWW TIL The bible says its required to cancel all debts after 7 years.
WkpdL TIL about Georgia Tann, who was an American child trafficker who operated a major adoption agency in Memphis, Tennesee. Tann used the agency as a front to steal and sell Children in the 1920s until 1950, when a state investigation resulted in the agency closing.