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TIL of "The Baja" - a 580-acre section of Delaware that borders New Jersey. Despite being on the eastern side of the Delaware River, New Jersey has lost three Supreme Court cases trying to acquire it from Delaware.

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OgMg TIL in the early 1900’s, there was a popular female bullfighter who, upon being banned for being a woman, was revealed to really be a man.
M70EB TIL that Mississippi still has debtor's prisons. People are locked up in restitution centers where they are ordered to stay until they pay off fines and restitution to victims. Prisoners pay $11 a day for room and board all while making wages as low as $7.25. Many owe a few thousand dollars or less
j6n9E TIL of Prince Alemayehu, an Ethiopian prince who was taken by British soldiers back to England after they attacked Ethiopia in 1868. Queen Victoria ensured he received an excellent education in England, but he died of pleurisy at just 18.
JDvv TIL Charles XII of Sweden was embalmed well enough to recognize his features when exhumed 200 years after his death. Photographs show the gunshot wound to his head that killed him.
8adb TIL Over 80% of Nevada land is owned by the US Federal Government