Warning: This post mentions violence, death, suicide and discusses disturbing topics — reader discretion is advised.

Learning about tragic moments in history can range from morbidly interesting to kind of therapeutic. It can be sad, but there’s also something very human in empathizing with the lost people of our past. So, when I saw this post on the popular Ask Reddit page from user moseich asking people, “What historical fact makes you cry?” I had to read through the answers — and I learned a lot that I hadn’t known before! I thought it’d be worth it to share; so, here are some of the most interesting answers:

1.“A story from my great-grandfather, who fought in WWI: Soldiers would cease fire to pick up their men’s bodies and have a smoke together, then go back to their trenches, and sta

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