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TIL about the old Blue Horizon Boxing Ring ( Once voted # 1 boxing venue in the world )

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LQlo0 TIL: about the 1871 Peshtigo WI Fire. It was far worse than the great Chicago fire that burned on the same day. The fire consumed 17 entire cities and over 1.2 million acres, leaving up to 2,500 dead. The dead were buried in mass graves because there was no one left to identify the bodies.
kgx5 TIL bodybuilding was banned in China in 1953.
PxEe TIL that human bodies would be unharmed in the vacuum of space. You would survive long enough to suffocate, and would not explode.
16D8O TIL Football (soccer) team manager Mikel Arteta hired professional pickpockets to steal phones and wallets from his players to teach them the importance of being ready, alert, and prepared at all times.
7yZ7 TIL there is a Christian cult in China that tortures former members for leaving and killed a woman for refusing to join