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TIL In the 1800's Germans Distorted Hindu & Buddhist Ideas Which Led to Nazism

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OGLXg Today I learned that in 1962 a man bought a deserted island in the Seychelles and planted 16000 trees, reintroduced 120 giant turtles and hundreds of birds turning the island into a protected national park
E1mxV TIL, The SS Great Eastern, a ship designed in 1854 by Isambard Kingdom Brunel once struck a rock, causing a 83ft long hole. The passengers never noticed. 58 years later a hole just half the size sunk the Titanic.
AN0O7 TIL From 1898 to 2006 Americans paid a 3% tax on all long distance telephone calls in order to pay for the Spanish American War.
e0l7D TIL James Cameron Changed Titanic’s Original Ending After a Focus Group Called it “Cheesy Disney Bullshit”
epAD5 TIL People born before 2 Sep 1929 (94+ years old) don't have to pay a fee for a new passport in the UK.