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TIL that during the Mexican-American war, a battalion made up of mostly Irishmen called "St Patrick's Battalion" fought against the Americans, and when caught, were executed, making it the largest mass execution in United States history

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6E4Ow TIL Everybody Draw Mohammed Day (or Draw Mohammed Day) was a 2010 event in support of artists threatened with violence for drawing representations of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It stemmed from a protest against censorship of the American television show South Park episode "201", led by the show'.
Oogd4 TIL That graffiti from Pompeii survived the Vesuvius eruption. Some of the immortalized words recorded are; "Aufidius was here. Goodbye", "Samius to Cornelius: go hang yourself!" & "The one who buggers a fire burns his penis"
v1WMD TIL unlike in the movie Die Hard, the escape hatch on an elevator can't be opened from the inside; by law, it's bolted shut from the outside. It’s there so that emergency personnel can get in, not so passengers can get out. If an elevator is in trouble, the safest place to be is inside the elevator.
kOBx1 TIL that sleep literally cleans your brain. During slumber, more cerebrospinal fluid flushes through the brain to wash away harmful proteins and toxins that build up during the day.
KYM8E TIL Human's are destroying the beauty of ecosystem.