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TIL that up until 2015, Dahala Khagrabari was the world’s only 3rd-order enclave. It was a piece of land belonging to India inside a piece of Bangladesh, inside a piece of India, inside Bangladesh

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Yo1v TIL that Cleopatra’s family tree was full of inbreeding, including three marriages between an uncle & niece and three between siblings. As a result, some of her ancestors were the same person. For instance, her mother was her father’s niece and thus not only her mother but also her first cousin.
b9ZxQ TIL that after his term as president, William Howard Taft returned to a career in law and eventually became Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Z8oAR TIL that the first ever phone to run in an Android system is the HTC Dream also known as HTC G1 or T-Mobile G1, as it was set to revolutionize the smartphone market. Aside from running in an Android system, it had 3G support and 3.2 inch screen smartphone and it was released in 2008
vPK08 TIL one of the members of the gospel group 'The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi', regained his sight, and was subsequently kicked from the group.
KQVw TIL a Macedonian king once sent a message to Sparta: “If I win this war, you will be slaves forever.” They replied with one word: “If.” The king subsequently avoided Sparta entirely.