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Til the opium wars started because China wanted to stop the drugs coming in

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YpdGP TIL that women’s periods don’t sync when they are together
8aPPP TIL Sudan has the most Pyramids in any country with over 350 found so far.
5Yx59 TIL that the word Boycott is named after an Irish landlord named Charles Boycott. After Boycott attempted to evict 11 tenants, the local community decided to shun him. Workers would not work for him, traders would not trade with him, and the postman would not deliver the post.
R7Ymw TIL that Elvis and The Beatles played together only once. No video, no recordings, no pictures, and no press.
XEmJQ TIL of the Chichijima Incident. During an air raid in Japan during WW2, 9 American airmen were shot down, with 8 of which captured, tortured and murdered (5 of which cannibalised). The only one who survived was George H.W. Bush, a then 20 year old pilot.