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TIL that Turkmenistan special forces raided Uzbekistan embassy in 2002, violating Vienna Convention

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OGXmY TIL Historians rediscovered the tomb of the “missing pharaoh” Thutmose II the first new royal tomb found since Tutankhamun.
Y7E1B TIL that NASA’s Apollo Guidance Computer had far less processing power than a simple modern calculator
xYLB TIL that a Spanish woman claimed ownership of the Sun in 2010, using a loophole in the Space Treaty of 1967. Spanish courts validated her claim and she proceeded to charge companies that use solar energy. In 2015 she sued ebay after her account was blocked for selling plots of land on the Sun.
WkjGX TIL that when a horse becomes pregnant with twins, the standard practice is to abort one by a vet crushing the embryo.
kAm1 TIL that broccoli is ‘man-made’ through the breeding of different cabbage crops.