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TIL that a cat called Tibbles made an entire species of bird go extinct in less than a year

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KWw TIL- A man lived for six hours after falling into a vat of molten zinc heated at 450 degrees celsius.
9wWg6 TIL that Humans (Homo sapiens) or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo. They are great apes characterized by their hairlessness, bipedalism, and high intelligence.
8aYEK TIL that between 991 and 1018, the Anglo-Saxon kings of England paid an important economic tribute to the Viking invaders worth circa 2.8 million troy oz in silver coins. This explains why today there are still more Anglo-Saxon silver coins in Denmark than in England.
m1lDx TIL the very first case where John E Reid used his interrogation methods, which is widely used throughout North America today, got a false confession from a suspect for murder. Which later cost the state of Nebraska $500,000 after the real killer confessed.
ANR77 TIL Pope Alexander VI had not 6, but 9 children