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TIL that the Japanese invaded most of Malaysia while riding their bicycles during WW2

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Z8gYp TIL:1885 the King of Belgium established a fake charity & got international agreement to let it have control of an India-sized chunk of Africa. For years he fooled the world that he was helping Africans, while he was really enslaving people & made roughly $1 billion. At least two million people died
XEwG8 TIL - Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur. The stripes are like fingerprints and no two tigers have the same pattern.
gYxW TIL a man from China bought a first class ticket which came with access to a VIP lounge and flyers could get a free meal. He rescheduled over 300 times over a year to enjoy (presumably) over 300 meals. When investigated, he canceled the ticket and got a full refund.
Vom8 TIL that an isolated cave in a Romanian rubbish dump led to the discovery of the first non-photosynthetic ecosystem
GYJE TIL That Petroleum companies bought rights to Battery patents and sued anyone who used them (with gag orders)