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TIL About The Phoebus Cartel - A secret organization which intentionally shortened the lifespan of light bulbs to force consumers to buy bulbs more often.

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EgrZW TIL that Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov refused to shake hands with one of the men who killed the Romanovs
e0EZJ TIL that there have been declared nations that lasted less than one day, including an 8 second claim of independence by the Catalonian prime minister during a speech in 2017
xgXo TIL Alexander Graham Bell developed the metal detector as a last ditch effort to locate a bullet lodged in the chest of American President James Garfield in 1881; the attempt was unsuccessful because the metal coil spring bed Garfield was lying on confused the detector.
VBg0m TIL there is a mall in the capital of the country Moldova called Malldova
4Ke6 TIL there are several cases of foreign women visiting Dubai for business, being raped, and then being jailed when they report the rape.