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TIL sⅼavery continued to exist in Nigeria until the 1940s

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ZkDR TIL Thomas Blood attempted the theft of the Crown Jewels of England but was pardoned by the King and given an estate in Ireland.
OoL77 TIL rat-baiting was a common sport in 19th-century England. Occasionally desperate men would compete against dogs to see who could kill the most rats, some of the more successful becoming minor celebrities.
wLkY TIL the N64 game Conker’s Bad Fur Day only sold 55,000 copies
oR9PW TIL that the Great Sphinx of Giza’s nose has been broken since at least the 1400s. A 15th century writer blamed the incident on the actions of a zealot in 1378. Archaeological evidence indicates the nose was broken off by rods or chisels.
X0OaR TIL about Myron Rolle who enrolled in medical school and eventually became a neurosurgeon after being cut by the Pittsburgh Steelers