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TIL In 2003, Queen Elizabeth II visited a mock-up Nigerian village populated by actors playing villagers, coming as close to ordinary people there as possible because of security concerns

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5L8R TIL that, in terms of wars won and lost, the French military has the best military record in Europe, having won 109, drawn 10, and lost 49 of the wars it’s participated in since 387 BCE
m1jxx TIL Hitler was obsessed with his teenage niece, Geli Raubal, making her a virtual prisoner in his home and perhaps his lover.
DQvOg TIL someone born in Trieste between 1814 and 1947 has 6 possible nationalities: French, Austrian, Austro-Hungarian, German, Yugoslavian or Italian.
0d0Ov TIL that water can boil and freeze at the same time under the right conditions, known as the triple point, where all three phases—solid, liquid, and gas—coexist in perfect equilibrium at 0.01°C and 611.657 pascals.
ZNQ4 TIL that tigers can, and will, take revenge on those who have wronged them. They are one of the most vengeful animals on the planet.