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TIL Bubble Wrap was originally intended to be used as 3D wallpaper

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jNJLp TIL of a Tumu crisis of 1449. A mongol army of 20,000 wiped out a force of 500,000 chinese imperial soldiers in one single battle. At the time that was about the entire population of the kingdom of Scotland
e0pdJ TIL the Romania entered the 1930 FIFA world cup following the crowning of King Carol II, as he encouraged them to go. He chose the squad himself and ensured them that they would still have their jobs when they return.
Y7Z77 Today I learned that an Elephant killed a woman by stomping on her, and then went to the funeral to trample her again.
wJA7 TIL out of the top 10 most pirated E-books, Jan 2013, three were about sex tips and three were Photoshop guides.
kyV7 TIL The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake in Japan was so powerful it tilted the Earth’s axis 25 cm and changed the Earth’s rotation making days 1.8 microseconds shorter