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TIL that there is a Tamagotchi cemetery in the Cornish countryside of south England.

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ANP7 TIL that refrigerating eggs is not necessary, and that in many countries outside the US, eggs are kept at room temperature
9y66 TIL that before the Statue of Liberty, the US was personified as Columbia, which is where the name District of Columbia comes from.
mjGO TIL that when Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773 it made the price of the tea (even with the tax included) cheaper than the competing smuggled Dutch tea. Americans refused to buy the cheaper tea because to do so would recognize Parliament’s right to tax the colonies.
9YGwD TIL about Operation Kitona, when in 1998 Rwandan/Ugandan forces highjacked 4 civilian airliners, flew them to an airbase in western DRC where they amassed 3000 troops, then took over the Inga Dams and cut off power to Kinshasa. Thus began the Second Congo War, second deadliest conflict since WWII.
PYv7g TIL that Gilles de Rais, known for being a former ally of Joan of Arc who was executed for occultism and murdering 600 children, may have been the victim of a plot by the Catholic Church and/or the French state. No corpses were found at his estate and the prosecutor used the trial to seize his land.