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TIL Bhutan committed ethnic cleansing against its indigenous Nepali population, leading them to seek refuge in other countries including Nepal and European countries

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ner8P TIL In the USA, we vote on Tuesdays because farmers often needed a full day to travel by horse-drawn vehicles to the county seat to vote. Tuesday was established as election day because it did not interfere with the Biblical Sabbath or with market day, which was on Wednesday in many towns.
ZpvEB TIL there is an alligator at Gatorland in FL missing half its top jaw. After rehab they named her Jawlene as a nod to Dolly Parton and she is thriving!
4XvnX TIL Of William A. Jackson, a former slave of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederates, who regularly watched meetings between Davis and Confederate officials. He escaped in 1861 and went north, giving the union much info about Confederate military deployments and planning.
VP4D TIL the German government does not recognize Scientology as a religion; rather, it views it as an abusive business masquerading as a religion
d8X4Z TIL that when Diogenes, the ancient Greek philosopher, noticed a prostitute's son throwing rocks at a crowd, he said, "Careful, son. Don't hit your father."