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dD5PB TIL France's last king, Louis XVI (1754-1793) only saw the sea once in his entire life, despite his main residence, Versailles, being than 100 miles from the coast
epRBb TIL that a violent conflict (1974 to 1978) took place between two communities of chimpanzees in Tanzania. A large party of chimpanzees separated themselves from a once unified group and formed new group known as Kahama. During the four-year conflict, all males of Kahama community were killed.
5VWDp TIL in 1943, the United States military attempted to segregate the pubs in Bamber Bridge. In response, the local Englishmen hung "Black soldiers only" signs on all pubs as a form of protest.
yMpX TIL Canadian written, Anne of Green Gables, has been in Japan’s school curriculum since 1952 and every year, many Japanese tourists travel to the province of Prince Edward Island, to visit the Green Gable farmhouse.
KO616 TIL “Monster Mash” used low-budget sound effects for the recording: the sound of a coffin opening was made by a rusty nail being pulled out of a board; the sound of a cauldron bubbling was water being bubbled through a straw, and the chains rattling were simply chains being dropped on a tile floor.