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TIL of the Chagossians, an ethnic group who lived on an isolated island chain until they were evicted by the UK so that the US could build a military base.

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9Y95M TIL about a tiger shark vomiting an arm which belonged to a man who disappeared a few weeks earlier, and sparked one of the most infamous crime stories in Australia.
ow67 TIL In-N-Out Burger prints discreet references to Bible verses on their paper containers. These consist of the book, chapter, and number of the verse, not the text of the passage, in small print on an inconspicuous area of the item. The practice began in the 1980s.
mDeP TIL that Vegas is running out of water and electricity. After a 14-year drought, experts say that the water level in the reservoir created by the Hoover Dam which provides Vegas with water and power is now well below half full.
xVGkw TIL about practice babies. In the early to mid 1900s, orphaned babies were lent out to college home economics programs where they were taken care of entirely by groups of students in order to learn child-rearing skills.
VepQ TIL the Kemper County energy facility - an experimental ‘clean coal’ power plant has been in construction since 2010, scheduled to be online in 2014 and is still uncompleted, after being 295% over original budget.