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Only_Contribution_70 t1_itu05wb wrote

Reply to comment by cozy_fyre in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_

defenestration sounds like they wrote a series of harshly worded poems. not start chucking a bunch of kings out of windows

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Only_Contribution_70 t1_it9td8y wrote

Reply to comment by Full_Temperature_920 in TIL that in 2005 burglars stole $71.6 million from a bank in Fortaleza, Brazil by setting up a fake landscaping company near the bank and digging a 256ft tunnel beneath two city blocks to the bank over 3 months. Neighbors noticed vanloads of soil removed daily but assumed it was business-related. by Lagavulin16_neat

the rest of the world calls pickup trucks, vans?

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Only_Contribution_70 t1_it9p85c wrote

Reply to comment by cutelyaware in TIL that in 2005 burglars stole $71.6 million from a bank in Fortaleza, Brazil by setting up a fake landscaping company near the bank and digging a 256ft tunnel beneath two city blocks to the bank over 3 months. Neighbors noticed vanloads of soil removed daily but assumed it was business-related. by Lagavulin16_neat

like a van van, like a family minivan with the sliding door?

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Only_Contribution_70 t1_it2clng wrote

Reply to TIL about the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. The daughter of Thutmose I and his first wife, she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, and was his first wife. When Thutmose II died, she became regent for the baby Thutmose III, her husband's heir by another wife. She ruled 22 years until her death. by marmorset

My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad and so became my uncle though it made me very sad. For if he was my uncle that also made him the brother of the widow's grown-up daughter who, of course, was my step-mother. I'm my own grandpa

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