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TIL kangaroos don’t fart.

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KOD0w TIL The first settler to successfully grow commercial Tobacco was John Rolfe in Jamestown, in Virginia in 1609. In 1614, the first shipment was sent to England. In 1638, 3,000,000 pounds was being sent annually. By the 1680s, Jamestown was producing over 25,000,000 pounds for export to Europe.
6ZO8 TIL Led Zeppelin was refused entry into Singapore because the band members had long hair
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a8opZ TIL the last time a British monarch died in battle was in 1513, when James IV of Scotland staged an invasion of England that ended in his defeat and death at Flodden Field. Thomas Howard, the opposing general, subsequently added a Scottish lion with an arrow through its head to his coat of arms.