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TIL of The Great Chinese Famine where 30 million+ people died due to Mao's policies and natural disasters. With cannibalism and madness affecting the population, food aid from the Red Cross was declined. To this day it is referred to in China as the Three Years of Natural Disasters.

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WkybN TIL there is a grave in County Kerry in ireland that is the supposed burial ground of an Ancient Egyptian princess called Scotia, who led settlers named ‘The Scots’ (After the princess) to scotland after whom scotland is now supposedly named.
yBoV TIL that 1988 a chimpanzee received 400.000 votes in a mayoral election in Rio de Janeiro, coming in third place.
pBjA TIL there was an early 70’s #1 Italian song written entirely in english gibberish to mimic what english sounds like to a non-english speaker
LQAAp TIL the Bulgarian flag has never been captured in battle
JYv4B TIL that before the advent of refrigeration "ice houses" were used to store ice, sometimes from nearby freshwater sources during winter, and sometimes from the "ice trade" where ice was imported from colder countries. Often locally sourced ice would stay frozen until the following winter.