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TIL of an Australian prime minister named Harold Holt who served from 1966 to 1967. One day, while in office, he went for a swim and just disappeared without a trace.

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J1Ab1 TIL Chocolate eggs first appeared in 1725 and Cadbury created the first modern Easter egg in 1875 after developing a pure cocoa butter that was moulded into smooth shapes.
4XAgX TIL that Elizabeth Proctor, one of the convicted witches of Salem, was pregnant and "plead her belly", delaying the execution until after giving birth. She was never executed afterwards.
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