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TIL that Killing People to use Their Remains for Get Rich Quick Magic is a Serious Problem in Modern Nigeria

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Jyrm TIL There was a Dinosaur with Four Wings
EgKbo TIL: Supersisters was a set of 72 trading cards produced and distributed in the United States in 1979. They featured famous women from politics, media and entertainment, culture, sports, and other areas of achievement.
5VVXQ TIL D-Day was originally supposed to happen on 5th June but meteorologist James Stagg persuaded Dwight Eisenhower to postpone by a day right at the last minute. The weather conditions had to be just right for the landings and planners took the tide, wind speed and even the moon cycle into account.
8eE7b TIL the opposite of a mule is called a hinny
R7ZM8 TIL that the Queen of England is the only person to have ever eaten British Chocolate ???? In 1932 a factory in York tried growing cacao plants in the inhospitable British weather, but harvested only enough for one small bar, which they presented to Elizabeth II.