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TIL Scotland Yard, one of the world’s best-known police agencies, is built on top of an unsolved crime scene

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wLgo6 TIL about the One-Cent Magenta stamp, which was sold at an auction for $9.5 million and is considered the most valuable object in the world.
ADlWn TIL that the modern fairy tale version of 'Beauty and the Beast' can be traced back almost 300 years to French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneu in 1740, but research seems to indicate that the story of Beauty And The Beast is about 4,000 years old (as is Rumpelstiltskin).
xB8g TIL that negotiating with any country on behalf of the US is a felony if you haven’t been given the authority to do so.
Y7aVZ TIL that Australia had its first fatal Kangaroo attack in 86 years in September 2022
JYP98 TIL that sometimes horses grow moustaches.