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TIL that General Robert E. Lee opposed monuments to the Confederacy and wanted people to move on

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p8YRA TIL on August 21, 1986 Lake Nyos suffocated more 1,700 people after a sudden release of carbon dioxide.
NXgxE TIL that Costco loses $30 to $40 million per year selling $4.99 rotisserie chickens. It is a loss leader, which draws customers who will hopefully purchase other items.
p8wvp TIL: Sacha Baron Cohen offered to pay fines for six Czech tourists who were arrested in Kazakhstan for wearing nothing but 'Borat' inspired mankinis.
J17Gk TIL If bright light makes you sneeze you may have ACHOO syndrome, a medical mystery over 2500 years old.
OGEpe TIL about the Schäffer affair - in 1815, German doctor Georg Anton Schäffer was sent by the Russian-American Company to retrieve cargo from a ship that had run aground on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Instead, he tried organizing the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.