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TIL Cockroach farming in China is a growing industry, with millions of insects raised for food, animal feed, and pharmaceuticals.

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RnP1 TIL in the final weeks of WWII, Allied torpedo bombers attacked two large German ships even though both ships were flying several large white flags. Nearly all of the 7,000 concentration camp refuges aboard these ships were killed.
bwbj TIL in WWI, over 600 German soldiers burned to death at Fort Douaumont because someone tried to heat up coffee with flamethrower-fuel, resulting in a fire that spread to the ammunition
neaPG TIL from the 16th to 19th centuries the Ottoman Empire enslaved over 1 million Europeans from ship and coastal raids of Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, France, England, and the Netherlands. Some slaves were even captured by European pirates who then sold them to the Ottomans.
5VKr TIL that Neptune was predicted to exist by mathematical calculations well before it was physically observed by telescopes
ap6N TIL that the Evil Exes in Scott Pilgrim don’t die when Scott makes them explode into coins. They just respawn at home, apparently having learned their lesson