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TIL about the 1822 massacre on the Greek island of Chios by Ottoman empire troops that killed up to 50,000 people

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6W4Q TIL French Queen Marie Antoinette had a fully functioning peasant village built on the grounds of Versailles. She loved strolling the village in simple shepherdess garb pretending to live a simple life milking cows or sheep, which were carefully maintained and cleaned by the servants.
W79Qo TIL (and don't ask me how I know) that Justin Timberlake has a part of his set that devours panties upon his request.
xVY8k TIL about the United States Metric Board, established in 1975 by an act of Congress to facilitate the transfer of the US to the metric system, the conversion was to be voluntary, which was not enough to effect the change, and it was disbanded by President Reagan in 1982.
9wLmQ TIL: In Florida there is "Sausage Castle", a Juggalo party compound near an alligator lake with depraved parties. The owner says, "If you are not 500 lbs, a midget, or m*lested by your dad, we don't want you". He is considered extreme even for Juggalo's and his parties are marketed to "lowlives".
8bOb TIL That the $100 bill has almost surpassed the $1 bill as the most common US currency denomination in the world.