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TIL “Valentine’s day” is named after Saint Valentine. He was a Christian bishop and a physician. He refused to treat his own fatally sick mother because she would not give up her belief in pagan God Jupiter and get baptized. The disease killed her

by whatilearned February 14, 2023, 8:12 am

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Of course the dad killed him. He was jealous. He wants to fuck his daughter. All father’s fantasize about their little girls

by CopyPastaArchive February 14, 2023, 6:31 am

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TIL: Lord Minimus was a court Jester to Queen Henrietta Maria. At age 6, he hid in a 18″ pie and busted out, entertaining the Queen so much, he was kept as a gift. Over the years, he didn’t want to be a pet clown anymore. He dueled a royal who brought a squirt gun, killed him, and was then enslaved.

by whatilearned February 14, 2023, 12:58 am

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TIL That a carbon dioxide bubble in Lake Nyos killed 1,800 people, including livestock and flies. ‘“There were no flies on the dead”; the flies were dead too.’

by whatilearned February 13, 2023, 7:58 am

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TIL about the graniteville train crash. In 2005 two Norfolk trains collided and released enormous amounts of toxic chlorine gas. 10 people were killed and over 250 had to be treated for chlorine gas exposure

by whatilearned February 13, 2023, 2:37 am

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TIL that a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb killed 6 civilians in Oregon on May 5th, 1945.

by whatilearned February 12, 2023, 4:10 am

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TIL that during the Battle of the Chateauguay, an American officer demanded his Canadian opponents surrender. However, the American officer had not properly displayed the truce flag. So, the Canadian forces simply shot and killed him and then went on to win the battle.

by whatilearned February 11, 2023, 10:42 am

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TIL about the Namamugi Incident, a 1862 diplomatic crisis that occurred when a British merchant refused to dismount for a Japanese daimyō’s procession and was killed by his bodyguards, sparking the brief Anglo-Satsuma War.

by whatilearned February 11, 2023, 9:59 am

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TIL in 1981 a fire at the Las Vegas Hilton killed 8 guests and injured hundreds. A busboy initially praised as a hero for warning guests of the fire was later convicted of setting the blaze. The busboy claimed he accidentally set the fire while smoking a joint on his break.

by whatilearned February 11, 2023, 6:25 am

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When my son was killed, a woman said to me, “Don’t be sad, you still have four other children.” What is the worst thing someone has said, while trying to make you feel better?

by QuestionGuy February 11, 2023, 2:55 am

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TIL Pythagoras thought beans contained a human soul and fought against their consumption or destruction. One account of his death claims that he would not enter a bean field to escape pursuers, so they killed him.

by whatilearned February 11, 2023, 2:11 am

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TIL that a riot broke out on St Scholastica Day, 10 February 1355, when two students from the University of Oxford complained about the quality of wine served to them in the Swindlestock Tavern. Around 30 townsfolk were killed, as were up to 63 members of the university.

by whatilearned February 10, 2023, 2:52 pm

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