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TIL Ogbunigwe was a family of highly effective explosive weapons invented by the former African country of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War. They were able to kill 4,000 out of 6,000 soldiers in a single attack

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j68Na TIL that the human wave at sporting events moves at a speed of 20 seats per second
Ra4w TIL the Taj Mahal is slowly sinking due to the drying up of the Yamuna River and could collapse all together in the near future
0jdA TIL that Sandra Bullock speaks fluent German, as she was raised in Germany and Austria for 12 years while her father worked for the U.S. Army in Europe.
a9y9 TIL 50 years ago a young girl died in the canals surrounding an uninhabited island in Xochimilco, Mexico. Ever since, dolls have been washed ashore, and the few natives hang them in memory of the young girl. The island is known as “Island of the Dolls”
N17E TIL: “Bliss”, the the default computer wallpaper of Microsoft’s Windows XP, was taken by former NatGeo photographer, Charles O'Rear while he was on his way to his girlfriend in 1996.