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TIL an 5400 strong legion of Roman soldiers disappeared in Caledonia, with no records left.

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GYOLj TIL Spike Milligan, member of comedy team The Goons, joked after fellow member Harry Secombe sang at Peter Sellers' funeral, "I hope you die before me because I don't want you singing at my funeral." 22 years later, at Milligan's memorial, Secombe's son played a recording of his late father singing.
QRL TIL there is a lake that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
9YN5m TIL in 2004, two Brazillians were arrested in Miami International, after one, asked about his air pump, said that he was carrying a “bomba” (Portugese for “pump”). This, complete with an “it might explode” comment from the other Brazilian, led to both being imprisoned.
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x6lYD TIL the is a "white only" town in South Africa called Orania. Intended to be an ethnostate for Afrikaners and seeks independence from the rest of the country.