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TIL the British expelled the entire population of the island nation Diego Garcia, sending them to live in Mauritian slums in 1971, so that the US could build a military base on the Island.

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6vWw TIL| There is a Malaria vaccine in the works that may be approved for distribution by 2015.
rRPZ4 TIL about Dumah, the angel of silence and of the stillness of death, in Rabbinical and Islamic literature. Dumah is described as the thousand-eyed angel of death, armed with a flaming sword, having authority over the wicked dead. Dumah is also the Aramaic word for silence.
PYLOG TIL of the 1800s ‘Berners Street Hoax’, where a prankster managed to get countless people, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, to show up at 54 Berners Street all on the same day. Police had to be called to try and corral the hundreds of tradesmen and visitors as the street descended into chaos.
dpNQ TIL Mr. Hankey from South Park was inspired by Trey Parker’s Father who told him that if he didn’t flush the toilet, Mr. Hankey would come out and eat him
QNv5p TIL the Roman Colosseum was named after a nearby statue of emperor Nero which was modeled after one of the seven wonders of the ancient world – the Colossus of Rhodes