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TIL that Shell oil initially sold antiques and later imported sea shells from the Far East.

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0wENM TIL a rare 400-year-old shimpaku tree, which was due to be entered in a Japanese beauty competition, was stolen from a roughly 5,000 hectare park run by a fifth generation bonsai master whose family practice dates back to the Edo period (1603-1868)
W5rL TIL there is a town in Peru where men, women and children fistfight each other on December 25 to settle old conflicts and begin the new year with a clean slate. “Takanakuy”
mxLJY TIL the expression "Polish parliament", an idiom referring to chaos and general disorder in an assembly, is used in all of the Scandinavian languages.
DQKRr TIL that the British actor Harry H. Corbett famous for starring in the sitcom Steptoe and Son, reportedly killed two Japanese soldiers in hand to hand combat during World War Two.
MeMwW TIL of Andrés Escobar, a Colombian footballer who scored an own goal, which eliminated their team from the tournament, and who was subsequently murdered for it. Each time he was shot the shooter shouted "Goal!"