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TIL about the Kalakuta Republic, which was a communal compound in Lagos, Nigeria owned by nigerian musician and activist Fela Kuti. It was later destroyed by the Nigerian Military in 1977

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epyP5 TIL of the Glasgow effect, a term which refers to the lower life expectancy of residents of the Scottish city compared to the rest of the UK and Europe. Some hypotheses for this effect include stress, especially in childhood, leading to ill health; violent gang culture; and rate of premature births.
OopOe TIL the oldest active missing persons case is that of Marvin Alvin Clark (b. 1852, disappeared 1926). His current age would be approximately 169 years old.
NXEm1 TIL surrogacy is illegal in China, Quebec, Turkey, and most of Western Europe
womOo TIL the board game "Settlers of Catan" was originally designed by Klaus Teuber, a dental technician. The game gained such immense popularity that Teuber eventually retired from his profession to pursue game designing full-time. He went on to win Germany's Game of the Year award a total of four times
mxkjR TIL there is a traffic signal in Syracuse, NY where the green signal is on the top because local Irish youths kept breaking it when the "British" red symbol appeared on top. When they refused to stop breaking it, the State gave in.