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TIL about the Chapati movement of 1857 in India where thousands of flatbreads were mysteriously distributed across North Indian villages. It is still a mystery as to who did this and why with both local Indians and the British assuming it was the other's doings

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woA4W TIL Marcus Luttrell, the inspiration for the movie Lone Survivor, was a real life John Wick. Men shot and killed his service dog, Dasy, and he pursued them going over 100 mph while on the phone with police, refusing to stop, armed with two guns.
wgNJ TIL the King of Jordan appeared in Star Trek.
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Y7mmZ TIL a woman spent two years in her boyfriend’s bathroom