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Today I learned about The Lavon Affair. It blew my mind.

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ZplmQ TIL on Station Island in Ireland, St. Patrick was reputed to have found a cave that was a literal entrance into Purgatory. For hundreds of years, pilgrims travelled to the island and would spend the night in the cave, many of whom later emerged with fantastical tales of what they'd seen inside.
NXrK1 TIL that with a median age of only 15.2 years, half the population of Niger is too young to remember the last military coup in 2010.
xRgB TIL that China harvests the internal organs of detained prisoners, including Tibetans, underground Christians, and practicioners of the peaceful Falun Gong spiritual movement.
brep TIL There are still 5 people alive who are born in the 1800s, and they are all women.
BrA9b TIL United States is one of 23 countries that still has a working telegram service.