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TIL There was a secret nightclub in an abandon water tower in NYC.

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LP5m TIL in 1514, Gyorgy Dozsa attempted a peasants revolt. After failure, he was forced to sit on an iron throne while wearing an iron crown and holding a scepter. The only catch was that all three were red-hot. His fellow rebels were forced to “bite into his burning body” and “drink his flowing blood.”
l7B7A TIL of execution by Breaking Wheel that would start with tying the body to a wheel, breaking the bones of the limbs, braiding the broken limbs through the spokes and leaving the body to be eaten by scavenging animals and birds.
Z9mD TIL Coffee stays warm 20% longer when you add cream
WkaLX TIL Killer Whales are actually dolphins. They were called Whale Killers by Spanish fishermen but were mistranslated as Killer Whales in English
b9lbp TIL of the JFK Records Act, an act that states that all government documents related to the Kennedy assassination be publicly disclosed on October 26 2017.