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TIL that the island of Tristan de Cunha is the southernmost inhabited British overseas territory but was originally deemed, in 1793, as not being suitable for habitation let alone as a proposed penal colony.

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Kp5G TIL of a war memorial for animals in London. It is inscribed “They had no choice”.
neQPG TIL some of the slaves freed from Charleston SC during the civil war organized a March at a race track where union soldiers had died in what is known as the first memorial day observance (a year before other states, and 3 years prior to the first national observance).
N96Q TIL: In 1985, Weird Al predicted that Luke Skywalker would be coming back in the new series - In his song Yoda.. “But I know that I’ll be coming back some day I’ll be playing this part ‘till I’m old and gray The long-term contract I had to sign Says I’ll be making these movies till the end of time”
m1ZnO TIL There is a geocache on the International Space Station
j89a TIL that by peeing in the shower, you can save around 2,500 liters per person per household.