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TIL Ivy League has nothing to do with academics; it only refers to the schools' sports league

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4kEWo TIL The Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest civil war in world history during which an estimated 20-30M people died. It was started by a guy who thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ sent by the heavens to defeat the Manchus.
xNQ7 TIL An Australian man - Don Ritchie lived across the street from the most famous suicide spot in Australia known as “the gap.” He lived there for 45 years and during that time he saved at least 160 people from committing suicide.
aMdL TIL that a lake in Kazakhstan was created using a nuclear weapon and has decayed to the point that people can swim in it
5YBO9 TIL of Miryang case, where a girl was assaulted by 41 high school boys, filmed, have to identify the suspects face-to-face but the perpetrators receive little to none punishment, some due to "have bright future"
R7989 TIL about Monte Testaccio, the 'Mountain of Pots' in Rome, a hill made entirely from around 53 million discarded ancient Roman containers used to carry olive oil. It is one of the largest ancient 'spoil mounds' in the world, and is now key in understanding Roman trade routes in Spain and Libya.