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TIL that in the 1830’s, Mexico had a problem with Americans illegally immigrating to Mexican Texas.

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BgrRD TIL Virgin Atlantic kept having passengers steal their popular salt and pepper shakers. Instead of removing them from the plane, they placed the words "pinched from Virgin Atlantic" at the bottom. The shakers then became dinner table conversation pieces and free advertisement.
v1k57 TIL that a researcher was able to make a Computer Chip "evolve" in a 1996 experiment.
oBK0L TIL nearly 600 Million Hindus were killed under Muslim invaders in India, one of the biggest genocides in the history!
x6a71 TIL of the 1937 School Explosion in New London, Texas. 294 died, mostly students in Grades 5 thru 11. Although the richest independent school district in the U.S, to save money the school board put a leaky tap on an oil company's production residue gas line, leading to the explosion from a spark.
rRlGy TIL that the Church of Scientology has a punishment and reprogramming complex nicknamed "The Hole"