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TIL the British used the Indian Press Act of 1910 to ban newspapers and jail Indian nationalists for “exciting racial animosity” and "hate" for simply for demanding jobs and independence.

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vPR08 TIL, the common first name of Jennier is the Cornish variant of the first name Guinevere which was also the name of King Arthur's wife in the medieval era.
Xwb8 TIL that people in France who can’t afford the housing market are making homes in caves
LM8p TIL that 80% of brown recluse spider bites in the US are misdiagnosed. Most necrotic wounds associated with BRS bites are actually other necrotic conditions, such as MRSA or lyme disease.
LQo5Q TIL that there was a third atomic bomb scheduled to be detonated over an undisclosed location in Japan.
4X7Pb TIL that the "first blow" of the Seven Years War was triggered by a 21 year old Colonel and his ambush squad that attempted (and failed) to drive out French forces from the Ohio Valley. The newly appointed officer was none other than future president George Washington.