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TIL that in the three months preceding the Rwandan Genocide nearly half a million machetes were imported into Rwanda and the primary financier of this mass importation is still at large.

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PYaVg TIL Mount Everest grows about a half-inch taller each year as the Himalaya Mountains are pushed up by the creeping collision between the Indian and Asian land masses
kJkpe TIL the "Affair of the Cards" was a large scale secret conspiracy between the French government and Freemasons to suppress Catholics in the military
GodN TIL that 4 of the top 5 most circulated newspapers in the world are Japanese
p8odQ TIL of the Battle of Annual, where 3000 Moroccan rebels defeated over 23,000 Spanish Soldiers.
5Y4KQ TIL that Heath Ledger was developing the novel of 'The Queen's Gambit' as his directorial debut, with Ellen Page set to star before his death in January 2008.