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TIL 90% of the world has been invaded by Britain at some point in history

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nGnY TIL people in South Africa dry, grind up, and roll cigarettes out of vulture brains because they think it will help them predict lottery numbers.
X0Pn8 TIL there are over 300 varieties of corn, with kernels ranging from 3 mm to over 3 cm, in colors like black, purple, red, green, and blue, with the Hopi Indians in Arizona still cultivating a blue type.
16VYr TIL that in the year 301, a stonemason was falsely accused of being a woman’s estranged husband. He allegedly fled up a mountain, built a monastery, and lived as a hermit. The isolated mountain community has been self-governing ever since, and is now the modern nation of San Marino.
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9O7 TIL Seth Rogan wrote and has begun filming a movie in which all the actors play themselves, set during a party in the midst of the apocalypse…and Emma Watson is in it.