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ADJ97 TIL Latte Stones located throughout the Marianas date as far back as 800 A.D. with the largest standing 35 feet high and the heaviest weighing 34 tons.
Q4Be TIL the Man in the Iron Mask existed. He stayed in the mask for 34 years leading to much speculation about his identity and why the king of France would want his face hidden and why he was kept alive instead of executed.
oRdWR TIL Indian Railways have their own cricket team and stadium
7r11X TIL Asian Arowana, the most expensive aquarium fish, is rumored to sell for as high as $300,000. While illegal to own in the US, people in Asian countries have: paid to have surgery on the fish, robbed people for it, and even murdered for the fish.
OoJxR TIL Because she supported the Civil Rights movement, the FBI created a fake story that actress Jean Seberg had cheated on her husband with a black man, the stress of the fake story caused her to go into labor premature and resulted in the death of her baby.