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TIL That in the 1700’s, eating lobster was considered a mark of poverty and that people would bury the shells to hide the fact that they were eating it

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VnPQ TIL that to prevent the Germans from guessing that Enigma had been cracked, the British claimed to be using an infrared camera to locate U-boats. They were delighted to learn that the Germans responded by developing a special paint for submarines.
8M1X TIL that in 1990, New Zealand became the first country in the modern world to appoint an Official Wizard
ZndQ TIL a New Jersey billionaire moved to Florida which risked putting New Jersey in a state budget crisis because of the amount of money they were taxing him.
gMA88 TIL that the reason we celebrate Christmas on the December 25th is because of the Roman calendar. This day marks the day of celebration for the sun god, Sol Invictus
OoDlR TIL In 1979 there was an unidentified double-flash of light near the Prince Edward Islands off of Antartica detected by the Vela Hotel Satellite, suspected to be a nuclear test carried out by South Africa and Israel, but no one ever took credit for it.