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TIL People have gotten cockroach infestations after cable companies installed used cable boxes in their homes

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VB5PQ TIL post Algerian independence, Muslims were granted citizenship automatically while non Muslims whether indigenous or not had to apply
xVgNw TIL John Knoll, the creator of Photoshop also wrote the story for Star Wars Rogue One
6EBKY TIL about the origin of the term “decimation”. It was a punishment in the Roman Army where soldiers were spilt into groups of 10, straws were drawn and whoever drew the short straw was clubbed, stabbed or stoned to death by the remaining 9. The first recorded instance of this is from 478 BC.
rNMmy TIL The clearest lake in the world is Blue Lake (Rotomairewhenua) in New Zealand. Located in Nelson Lakes National Park
R4v9 TIL- There was an all black regiment in WWI that the Germans feared so much they called them the “Harlem Hellfighters”. The never lost an inch of ground and none of them was ever captured.