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TIL humans and strawberries share 60% of their dna

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9xN7 TIL that Henry Hall, a lighthouse keeper, died when molten lead fell into his throat as he was looking up at a burning lighthouse.
LD5p TIL a radio station played N.W.A.’s song Express Yourself for 24 hours as a protest against censorship after being forced to stop playing Fuck tha Police
xr97 TIL even today, Canadian strongman Louis Cyr still holds some of the greatest feats of strength in recorded history, such as lifting 600 pounds with one hand and lifting over 4300 pounds on his back in the form of 18 adult men sitting on a platform.
p8dgN TIL the Spanish Inquisiton "only" found guilty 4% of all trialed and killed "only" 1800 people over 350 years of existence. It was considered the most humane court in Europe as opposed to todays perception of the Inquisiton
ep0Lb TIL about an expiriment called "the wave" conducted at a highschool in california, that explained why the germans around the Nazis didnt do anything about them murdering and persecuting their neighbors and family during world war 2.