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TIL After hearing about the 9/11 attacks, the Maasai tribe in Kenya gave 14 cows to America as consolation. Which is actually a lot, knowing that the only asset they have are their cows.

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VNpm TIL one of the earliest weapons of mass destruction was used during the Siege of Antwerp in 1585. A Dutch explosive fire ship containing 4 tons of explosive rammed a fortified Spanish bridge, killing 800 spaniards, causing a small tsunami, and vibrating windows 22 miles away
EgVyo TIL of Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway, a 4.1 mile long access road that an elderly widow successfully petitioned the U.S. federal government to build for her when her isolated desert home was essentially cut off by the construction of Interstate 40 and the bypassing of the old Route 66.
enjg TIL After the battle of Carrhae in 53 BC. The Parthians took the Roman commander, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and allegedly poured molten gold down his throat because of his renowned greed.
8eOjL TIL about the frescoes in the Church of St. Dimitrije, which depict schoolchildren and teachers killed in the Kragujevac massacre of 1941.
WE4 TIL: Canada created a $1,000,000 Coin That Is Usable.