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TIL A missing pet tortoise was found in the attic 30 years later, alive and well

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a84VJ TIL an oil platform called Piper Alpha, located in the North Sea about 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland, exploded and sank on 6 July 1988, killing 165 of the men on board.
nO4b TIL French was the mother tongue of every English king until Henry IV
0wRMR TIL Hitler wanted to make Oxford the Capital of his new Kingdom, because he adored the architecture. This is also why Oxford wasn’t bombed.
WkOAA TIL California has mandated all new homes to be energy neutral which is the equivalent of LEED Zero Carbon certification.
DwAJ TIL The family store Walgreens sells hardcore Sex Toys