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TIL: There are only 3 modern city-states in our world. Singapore, Monaco and Vatican City.

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A8og TIL Before Chernobyl, the Soviets had another massive nuclear disaster which contaminated over 20,000 square km. The area was turned into a preserve to cover up the accident. The CIA knew of the accident, but also covered it up in order to protect the fledgling US nuclear industry from hysteria.
5gXr TIL the guy who invented E-gold (90’s bitcoin) was indicted on federal charges of money laundering, conspiracy and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
edj4 TIL that Ottoman Sultan Murad IV banned coffee, tobacco & alcohol, making consumption a capital offence. He would patrol the streets himself, personally killing offenders. Murad was a habitual drinker himself & died of cirrhosis.
rRaOd TIL the popularity of cats as pets was largely influenced by one man in Edwardian England, and he was clinically insane.
dMAZ TIL Pixar rewrote its animation system for the first time in 25 years to make the movie ‘Brave’