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TIL Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, only joined Vietnam in the 18th century and was originally part of Cambodia. Cambodians still call it by its Khmer name Prey Nokor

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Yp1bP TIL, the producers of the H.R.Pufnstuf kid's television show successfully sued McDonald's for copyright infringement due to their McDonaldland commercial series. After several years in appeals, they won a million-dollar settlement.
Me9LK TIL the first auto race was held in 1894, from Paris to Rouen, France. The winner had an average speed of 10.2 miles per hour.
16JdW TIL Of Fisheries Observers who are employed to monitor fishing boat practices and compliance. They work alone on boats often thousands of kilometers from port. It is a dangerous job and they disappear often.
Er0d TIL During WW2, captured German officers, sent to Britain as POWs, lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitlers madness and V2 rocket bases.
oRRXK TIL that Mummy Brown was a pigment used by European painters that was made from the flesh of Egyptian mummies. It was also common to export mummies from Egypt to Europe to be ground up and used as “medicine”