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TIL the International Court of Justice could not conclusively decide whether a country may use nuclear weapons in self-defense if its survival is at stake.

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Z8BbR TIL Pope Night was an anti-Catholic holiday celebrated annually on November 5 in the colonial United States. Gang violence became part of the tradition in the 1740s, with residents of different Boston neighborhoods battling for the honor of burning the pope's effigy.
1WZ7 TIL on June 27, 1844, Mormon Founder Joseph Smith was murdered by an angry mob while he sat in a jail cell. The incident arose after Smith ordered the destruction of a news paper that exposed the fact he had married 8 already-married women.
78V7 TIL that Diamonds evaporate when they reach 763 degrees Celsius. They just vanish, without leaving ash or anything.
8eEZZ TIL there is no single universally agreed scientific meaning of the word "matter". Scientifically, the term "mass" is well-defined, but "matter" can be defined in several ways.
rkmw TIL Luigi Chinetti won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1949 by racing over 23 hours of the race by himself, only letting his co-driver behind the wheel for 20 minutes