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TIL that France won a war over China in 1885 resulting in the creation of French Indochina

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b9lj4 TIL that the real Casa Bonita restaurant has to track when the Casa Bonita South Park episode airs to ensure their staffing levels will meet the increased demand that day.
PYbRg TIL in 2014 the beard of the Golden Mask of Tutankhamun fell off as it was cleaned by Museum employees, trying to cover up their mistake they tried to glue it back on with quick-dry plastic glue, leaving it off-center. This was later noticed and the employees got charged with "reckless destruction".
j6rn TIL in the early 90’s a naturist student at Berkley went to school naked everyday until the laws changed and he was thrown out.
wLaa6 TIL of the TV Listing for the Wizard of Oz: "Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again."
jNdyN TIL Despite not smoking adventurer Levison Wood always carries a pack of cigarettes with him on his travels as he says handing them out can help diffuse hostile situations.