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TIL: Graham Crackers Were Created to Kill Your Sex Drive

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J4lQ TIL An expedition to the Titanic accidentally recovered “a wedding band and part of a human finger”, confirming that human remains still exist on the wreck.
dbR9 TIL that the UK evicted the entire native population of Chagos Islands at the request of the USA so that they could both use it as a military base.
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