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TIL that the Aztecs used something called a “death whistle” when attacking rival tribes and it will haunt your nightmares

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Yp6DP TIL about Solar Maximum cycles and the Carrington Event. A solar storm that hit Earth powerful enough to start fires and cause sparks from telegraph wires. The aurora was seen as close to the equator as South America and Northern Australia. The next Solar cycle is predicted to start this year.
9Y8jp TIL Marie Antoinette's last words were "Pardon me sir, I did not do it on purpose" after she accidentally stepped on her executioner's foot.
WRLY TIL if you divide 1 by 9801, you’ll get every number from 00 to 99 in the correct order (except 98)
kKm7 TIL a McDonalds in downtown Dallas, overrun by criminal activity, started playing classical music. Crime dropped dramatically, from an average of 391 arrests a year to less than 146 arrests a year.
BrEpk TIL Russel Crowe wanted to make a sequel of 'Gladiator'. The script of the sequel had Maximus reincarnated by the Roman gods and returned to Rome to defend Christians; then transported to other periods in history, like World War 2, Vietnam War and finally a general in the modern-day Pentagon.