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TIL Napoleon Bonaparte Re-instated Slavery

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0w0E1 TIL Rolex advertisements always photograph their watches at 10:10:31, and if the clock has a calendar, the date is always Monday 28th.
a8wNA TIL of the Experimental Lakes Area. A research station of 58 formerly pristine freshwater lakes in Canada purposely polluted with everything from fertilizers to anti-depressants to study the effects on aquatic life. It is the only such site in the world.
nZDd TIL that apple orchards rent thousands of bees in hives from bee keepers to pollinate their trees in the spring. After a couple weeks when the trees have been pollinated the bee keeper comes back for his hives and transports them to the next orchard in need.
5VL89 TIL Flamin Hot Cheetos was invented by hotshot snack food professionals to compete with spicy snacks sold in the Midwest
W7Nao TIL the BBC Micro has a resistor to simulate a human holding their finger on the circuit board. The computer doesn't work without it, and we still don't know why today.