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TIL that Leanach Cottage on Culloden Battlefield is the only remaining building from the battle in 1746

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BQYL TIL The price of a single bottle of Coca-Cola remained mostly unchanged from 1886 to 1959.
Y7mLd TIL in 1938, Chiang Kai-Shek caused the deadliest manmade flood in history when he intentionally broke the Yellow River dam. While he did succeed in his goal of slowing down the Japanese advance, it ended up killing 400,000-893,303 people in the process.
KObxR TIL the first alt-history novel about the Axis winning World War Two was published in 1937, two years before the war started
yQLda TIL the kid starring in Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid" went on to become Uncle Fester in the Addams Family TV series (bonus he married Betty Grable too)
oBnj8 TIL Coca-Cola has been used effectively as a first line treatment for phytobezoars, a trapped mass in the stomach composed of indigestible plant material which can lead to serious symptoms. 93.1% cases were resolved.