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TIL 536 was truly the ‘worst’ year to be alive

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BrQ7K TIL In the late Middle Ages, books were so valuable that libraries would chain them to the bookcase. This was widely practiced until the 18th century.
BWby TIL that the largest gun built in World War 1 could fire a shell into the stratosphere.
8e01b TIL economists estimate that only 8 percent of the world's currency exists as physical cash
4XaRg TIL Adam Rainer is the only person in medical history to have been classified both as a dwarf and giant during his lifetime. He went from being 4 feet 6 inches tall at the age of 19 to being 7 feet 8 inches at 51. This was caused by a tumor that led to an overproduction of growth hormones.
gMXY4 TIL When you take cocaine, the odds of you having a heart attack in the next hour goes up 24 times or 2400 %