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TIL In 1953, the newspaper Liberation published a death-bed confession by a Parisian roofer that he had murdered Zola by blocking the chimney of his house

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9Yv5X TIL the UK invaded Iceland in 1940. Locals amassed at the harbour after sighting British ships. Uncomfortable, the British consul in Iceland asked the nearby policeman "Would you mind getting the crowd to stand back a bit, so that the soldiers can get off the destroyer?". "Certainly," came the reply
nKZr TIL 70% of Tasmanian devils have died since 1996 due to a contagious facial cancer with a 100% fatality rate
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YrDP TIL that in the 1400s, China owned the greatest seagoing fleet in the world. But by 1525, all of China’s “Treasure Fleet” ships had been destroyed at the urging of the political elite who had become alarmed at the rise of a newly rich merchant class.
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