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TIL there was a town that was underwater for 25 years and resurfaced in 2009

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X09RQ TIL planned obsolescence is illegal in France; it is a crime to intentionally shorten the lifespan of a product with the aim of making customers replace it. In early 2018, French authorities used this law to investigate reports that Apple deliberately slowed down older iPhones via software updates.
D1PPp TIL of the plant Silphium, which was believed to conveniently double up as an aphrodisiac and contraceptive, but is now regrettably extinct
ADEM7 TIL Charley Pride couldn’t make the majors in baseball, so he did something even more improbable—he became the first black superstar in country music.
e08QE TIL in WW1, the British would fire giant stink bombs at the German trenches. The bombs smelled terrible but were harmless. This was done to compel the Germans to put on gasmasks, which made them less effective fighters, prior to an assault.
R7lwj TIL Domino's Pizza locations in Scotland have official, registered tartans for employees who would prefer to wear a kilt.