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

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LkByv TIL to comply with Chinese censorship, PUBG's distributor, Tencent, reskinned the game and rebranded it as "Game for Peace." Among the changes are the lack of gore and enemies cheerfully waving goodbye instead of dying.
JYmol TIL there is a town in New Mexico named "Truth or Consequences". They changed it from "Hot Springs" in 1950 to win a radio contest.
DQ1av TIL the dye color purple associated with royalty came from a snail and was first used by the Romans
Ol6X TIL midway through the Great Irish Famine (1845–1849), a group of Choctaw Indians collected $710 and sent it to help the starving victims. It had been just 16 years since the Choctaw people had experienced the Trail of Tears, and faced their own starvation.
VBMw8 TIL the cult 1960s animated TV show Roger Ramjet made history as the first animated series to ever be given a home video release, when it was released in 1972 on the short-lived "Cartrivision" format.