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TIL that Spain sold its remaining Pacific possessions to the newly formed German Empire in 1899 after Spain's defeat with the US in the Spanish-American War

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PYx6Z TIL magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin went to French controlled Algeria in 1856 to show the power of French magic. He lifted a metal box in front of a crowd, then had a warrior that he had made "as weak as a woman" try. Turning on electromagnets in the ground, he made the metal box unliftable.
mxweM TIL refried beans are only fried once. The misconception comes from a poor translation of “frijoles refritos” which means “well fried beans”
W7XVX TIL that the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth was 1 part of a wider conspiracy to also assassinate the Vice President and Secretary of State the same night in order to create chaos in the government after the Civil War. Only Booth was successful however.
GAGGg TIL in 2004 Eminem co-executive produced the Tupac album Loyal to the Game with Pac's mom, Afeni Shakur. Em showed his gratitude to Afeni by sending her a drawing of Pac & a heartfelt letter. He told her that Pac inspired his whole career & thanked her for the opportunities that she afforded him.
OoV6Y TIL That the Dark Film Noir/Art Deco feel to 'Batman: The Animated Series' was due to the use of black paper with light colours for animation, instead of the industry standard of dark colours on white paper.