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TIL that Britain drained 45 trillion dollars in today's money during their rule in India leaving the country dirt poor. By running what is known as a scam-theft on a grand scale.

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OLa1 TIL of Santa Muerte, a female skeletal figure primarily worshipped in Mexico. Among many other things, she’s the patron saint of: Homosexuals, Love, Police Officers, Drug Dealers, Smugglers, Mariachi Players and Bicycle Messengers.
X0APP TIL hippos, the same species that now lives in Africa, used to be found in England (130-115k years ago)
oBgO8 TIL China's surveillance is named SKYNET
gMXlX TIL that ‘nickname’ isn’t actually the proper word and it’s actually ‘ekename’. But when saying it to be grammatically correct you say ’an ekename’, then through speech it gradually morphed into ‘a nekename’ (nickname)
Egmjd TIL : There are major changes in Brain Structure and Function in a Multisport Cohort of Retired Female and Male Athletes, Many Years after Suffering a Concussion