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TIL-Foot Binding in China lasted for 1000 years. The last "lotus shoe" store closed in 1999.

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BrWnW TIL that this is the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre where the British gunned down 1500 peaceful Indian protesters in 10 minutes. Colonel Dryer, the man who ordered the massacre said he “wanted to punish Indians for disobedience.”
oBaLL TIL: Australian possums are more closely related to kangaroos than to North American possums.
GYaL5 TIL the Da'at Yichud artifacts from Wolfenstein are based on real Roman-era artifacts
XVrD TIL in 1869, Chinese and Irish laborers working on the Central Pacific Railway managed to lay down 10 miles of tracks in just one day. This accomplishment has not been matched even in modern times.
p8v6Z TIL of Deloping (Delope is French for "throwing away") it is the practice of throwing away one's first shot in a pistol duel by firing into the ground in an attempt to abort the conflict. Alexander Hamilton is thought to have attempted to delope during his infamous duel with Aaron Burr.