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TIL Genghis Kahn killed 40 million people during his conquest, enough to cool the planet. He removed 700 million pounds of carbon- roughly equivalent to the amount of carbon global society now produces annually from gasoline.

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a8Lx0 TIL in 1945, at 59 years old, Albert Stevens was misdiagnosed with terminal stomach cancer, and as a result was secretly injected with 131 kBq (3.55 μCi) of Plutonium as part of a human experimentation project by Joseph Gilbert Hamilton. It was later discovered the "cancer" was an inflamed ulcer.
NZP8 TIL that in Nikola Tesla’s elderly years he became obsessed with feeding pigeons particularly a white female one, speaking of her he said “ I loved that pigeon as a man loves a woman, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life”
kJZL7 TIL After defeating the French and capturing King Francis in battle 1525, Emperor Charles V agreed to release Francis in exchange for a treaty instead of invading France, which led contemporaries like Machiavelli to call him "mad" and a "fool". As soon as he was released, Francis annuled the treaty
1VE4 TIL John Kellog published books condemning masturbation and suggested it be treated by sewing foreskin shut with silver wire and burning the clitoris with carbolic acid. He believed meat consumption lead to masturbation and urged people to eat more cereals - which led to the nvention of Corn Flakes
ADO84 TIL The citizens of the city of Austin, TX voted to name a solid waste depot the "Fred Durst Center for the Arts and Humanities"