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TIL the last independent ancient Greek state was in India

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8awla TIL Napoleon discovered in his Egyptian campaign, the remains of an ancient canal linking the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. He planned to rebuild the canal, but gave up when it seemed to expensive. This was a couple decades before the Suez Canal.
Yp9wd [TIL] that in the 1940's, the US built some locomotives for the USSR. When they were never delivered due to the cold war, they went to US railroads and became some of the most powerful engines of the day.
5waR TIL: “Van Halen!” were the last words spoken by Dimebag Darrel (Darrell Abbott), former guitarist of Pantera and Damageplan moments before he was shot and killed on stage.
vPyR7 TIL in 1984, at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, two Iranian judges physically assaulted the Swedish judge during a session of the tribunal. Proceedings were suspended and the tribunal later resumed work with two new Iranian arbitrators. (see footnote 18 on page 309)
G6EG TIL A large lake in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital, disappeared within a few years because authorities allowed a company to develop the area. The once scenic park became a puddle after developers filled it in with sand in order to build properties