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TIL Fuel-Air bombs make you suffer: The intense pressure wave and vacuum ruptures your lungs but "causes minimal damage to brain tissue…it is possible that victims...are not rendered unconscious by the blast, but instead suffer for several seconds or minutes while they suffocate"

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BrY7W TIL William Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller's father and patriarch of the incredibly wealthy family, was a con man and snake oil salesman, and intentionally lent money to impoverished farmers to take their land
Y7XP7 TIL In 1695 Henry Every became the target of the first world-wide manhunt. Every and his crew raided the Mughal's Grand fleet, stealing the equivalent to £97.1 million in 2022, and almost started a war with the English's East Indian Company and Mughal Empire. What became of Every is unknown.
rXOe TIL That there was a guy named John Titor who was supposedly a time traveler from the year of 2036. He said that in his timeline in the year of 2015 there will be World War III. Also someone patented his time machine sketches - http://ift.tt/1uoCmzA
grnpy TIL that Pearl Jam was originally called Mookie Blaylock, after an NBA player they admired. However they were forced to change the name and instead settled on naming their debut album "Ten" after Blaylock's jersey number.
rbmo TIL that Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony was originally named ‘Bonaparte’ and dedicated to him. But when he learned that Napoleon crowned himself Emperor, he was so angered that he scratched the name off the title page with such vehemence it tore a hole.