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TIL that there are two known instances of beaches being stolen

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W61B TIL After the Battle of Waterloo, Nathan Rothschild received the news that the British won against Napoleon 1 day before the British. He cornered the market on bonds and they day the news was divulged, he sold all the bonds he bought to make over a 40% profit making him the richest man in England.
mO0p TIL that the song “Black Betty”, popularized by Ram Jam in 1977, was originally an African-American work song.
vnyR TIL the term “Abracadabra” comes from the Aramaic (~ ancient Hebrew) phrase meaning “I create as I speak”.
O5ye TIL The militarized border between North and South Korea, with practically no human inhabitants, has become a refuge for multiple endangered species
kOXGe TIL of the Teapot Dome Scandal: Between 1921-1923 during Harden's presidency, the Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, secretly leased federal oil reserves to the Mammoth Oil Company in exchange for $200k worth of liberty bonds. He became the first Cabinet secretary to go to prison.