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TIL that because Virgil’s Aeneid was left unfinished upon Virgil’s death, the poet Maffeo Vegio wrote an unofficial Book 13 which sought to complete the story. This added book was published alongside the rest of the poem for several decades.

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TIL that because Virgil’s Aeneid was left unfinished upon Virgil’s death, the poet Maffeo Vegio wrote an unofficial Book 13 which sought to complete the story. This added book was published alongside the rest of the poem for several decades.

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TIL I learned of Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục, brother of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, was excommunicated by the Catholic church and during that time consecrated bishops various schisms, forming the basis of their claims of apostolic succession back to the Apostles of Jesus.

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TIL about the Chibalo, a large-scale system of forced labour that included men, women and children in Portuguese Angola and lasted until the 1950s. Up to 30% of the total male population was employed. It reached a worker mortality rate of up to 40%.

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TIL of the Jasper Fire (2000) in South Dakota. The largest fire in the state’s history (83,508 acres), was caused by a woman who dropped her match upon lighting a post-piss cigarette

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