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TIL Medical students in 18th-century Scotland could pay their tuition fees in corpses.

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E1AwX TIL the area covering the present day Republic of Ireland lost over half of its population from 1841 to 1901. The population still hasn't fully recovered.
VN5k TIL of the Tulsa race riot, where a group of white people burned down 35 city blocks which contained the wealthiest african-american community in the country, using aircraft to drop firebombs. 10,000 black people were made homeless.
9OOB TIL there was a fake French reality show in the style of the Milgram experiment, which made real and unwitting contestants shock someone on TV. 80% of them kept shocking the person (who was just an actor), even after he cried out for them to stop. 60% shocked him till he appeared to die.
M7RE0 TIL Norway built a doomsday vault on their Arctic territory, Svalbard: A 'seed bank' containing over 1 million seeds from 4,000+ plant species, as a means to protect the world's food supply.
kQmd TIL of LeMons, a series of endurance races where teams compete for up to 24 hours in race-prepared cars that cost no more than US$500. The title is a parody of the long running annual 24 Hours of Le Mans race, and lemon cars.