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TIL the British could have stopped Hitler in 1938 by refusing to sign the Munich Agreement. The German Army had a coup against the Nazis all set up and ready to go, but Chamberlain screwed up by allowing Hitler to take a chunk of Czechoslovakia without a fight.

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dDm0d TIL The term 'mosh pit' was birthed in 1979 when H.R., vocalist of D.C. hardcore band the Bad Brains, saw some audience members slam dancing and shouted "mash it - mash down", but because of his faux Jamaican accent, some audience members heard this as "mosh it" and that is the term that stuck.
m1wZY TIL that the term Scapegoat stems from an ancient goat sacrifice ritual in Ancient Judaism and likely older 2400 BC Ebla (Modern day Syria)
lEx5 TIL sailors had crossed the Equator by 425BC and reported they’d seen the Sun switch sides in the heavens. Writers like Herodotus thought they were making it up
OogO7 TIL there is an island in Ethiopia where Christian Ethiopians claim to have kept the Ark of Covenant for thousands of years. It is watched over by a single man with no name known as the "Guardian" and no woman are allowed on the island for fear of "stirring the passions" of the virgins on the island
bdKQ TIL that a man in India set a world record in 1986 by spending 72 hours in a cage with 72 of the most venomous snake species in India; to spread awareness and to prove that snakes don’t bite unless provoked. He came out of the cage, unharmed without a single bite.