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TIL When Guinea declared its independence from France, the French retaliated by burning office files, cutting telephone lines, and even ripped electrical sockets out of walls before leaving the country, effectively cutting off all aid

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rN1KM TIL Star Wars nearly started a real life war between Tunisia and Libya.
M1o0 TIL that Psy, the creator of “gangnam style” is a heavy drinker, calling vodka his “best friend” and, I quote, “If I’m happy, I’m drinking, if I’m sad, I’m drinking. If it’s raining, I’m drinking, if it’s sunny, I’m drinking”
XlQ6 TIL That there’s an organization of 200 plus millionaires that formed a political group that actively pushes for political equality regardless of wealth, higher wages for workers and tries to get the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes.
KYy94 TIL in 2014 there was a 7,500 player battle in EVE Online, with thousands of ships being destroyed and an estimated $300,000 of real world money being lost in the conflict.
epkmJ TIL: there is a lake in Uttarakhand (India) called Roopkund Lake or the "Skeleton Lake" which has he skeletal remains of an estimated 600-800 people, some of them date back to around 1,200 years.