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TIL Europe‘s first skyscraper complex was built in Ukraine in the 1920s

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84v8 TIL during the Black Death, religious zealots would whip themselves to repent of their sins, ultimately making the plague spread even faster due to exposed bleeding
nOpb TIL the first of a set of twins, Samuel, was born at 1:39 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. His brother Ronan was born 31 minutes later just as daylight saving time had ended, making him 29 minutes older.
jxbN TIL that the English county of Sussex was divided into Rapes.
5YAB TIL two thirds of teenagers in the UK are atheists
AV67 TIL The first known written record with a name comes from Sumerian accountant over 5000 years ago and states ‘A total of 29,086 measures of barley were received over the course of 37 months. Signed, Kushim.’