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TIL the Capitol of the Omani empire was moved from Oman (Muscat, Arabian peninsula) to Zanzibar (Africa) in 1840

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9wdl6 TIL at 4752m (15,590ft), Mila Mountain Tunnel in Tibet, China is the highest vehicular road tunnel in the world.
GYMkE TIL Shirley Temple appeared in blackface in "Littlest Rebel"
N4G8 TIL its possible to scramble an egg while its still in the shell, thus creating a golden egg!
N7WDM TIL When most people think of Civil War surgery they envision a poor soldier being forcibly held down while his arm or leg is amputated without the benefit of anesthesia. This Hollywood concept of Civil War surgery is far from accurate.
loD6A TIL that because the UK Royal Navy's Astute class nuclear powered submarines can purify their own air and water and run on nuclear fuel, that the endurance is only limited to 90 days due to breakfast storage capacity for 18,000 sausages and 4200 Weetabix