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gMVy9 TIL about Basil II. He is said to have captured 15,000 prisoners and fully blinded 99 of every 100 men, leaving one one-eyed man in each cohort to lead the rest back to their ruler. The king of Bulgaria was struck down by the sight of his blinded army and died two days later after suffering a stroke
0dJBR TIL about Terence Tao, a prodigious mathematician often dubbed the 'Mozart of Mathematics' and considered the greatest living mathematician. Tao, who boasts a 230 IQ, began university-level math at age 9 and has won the prestigious Fields Medal
dme8 TIL: Florida is the flattest state, not Kansas. Kansas is the 7th flattest.
W7k6d TIL that in 1912, after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, crewmen on its sister ship RMS Olympic went on strike over its small number and poor quality of lifeboats
6E4YQ TIL about Paricutin, a 1,400 foot volcano that formed over the course of a 9 year eruption from 1942-1951. Before the volcano formed, the land was flat farmland, and just before formation there were hundreds of earthquakes and farmers reported hearing thunder even though the skies were clear.