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TIL that we have no idea where the body of the last Roman Emperor is buried. When Constantinople fell to the Turks, he tore off his Imperial regalia before leading a last stand, making him difficult to identify. He was most likely buried in a mass grave with his men.

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NXrN1 TIL during the Coolie Ordinances in the Dutch East Indies it was ordained that plantation owners were completely free to exact physical or capital punishment on their indentured workers. This system ended in the early 1940s, and it is estimated many tens of thousands perished.
1amO TIL that the screeching noise you get from scraping your fingernails against a chalkboard is uncomfortable because it is similar to a primate warning call and triggers a fight or flight response.
J1JEB TIL: That Debtors Prison existed up until 1867 where people were incarcerated for being unable to pay their commercial debts
yQdyX TIL That Rainbows can be produced by moonlight and are then called Moonbows
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