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TIL Toki Pona is a language created by Sonja Lang that presents around 120 words.

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XEZlD TIL that Marcus Garvey died after reading his own obituary in a newspaper. He’d suffered stroke in January 1940, and then read his own obituary in the Chicago defender; it described him as "broke, alone and unpopular". Apparently as a result, he had a second stroke and died.
9wvaD TIL that in the '80s the president of Zaire built a 3200 meter landing strip in the jungle next to his palace so he could charter Concord flights to Paris
VMVR0 TIL Some of the most famous Egyptian Pharaohs weren’t found in their tombs. They were hidden in two main caches by priests 3000 years ago and discovered in the late 1800s.
Lkjxm TIL 8 people were killed while protesting NYC's cancellation of a protestant parade in 1870. When the city reversed course and let the parade proceed with an escort of 1500 policeman and 5000 national guardsmen, it turned into another riot that killed 60 and wounded 120.
wokl6 TIL that gazing at one's own face in the mirror for a few minutes, at a low illumination level, produces the apparition of strange faces