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TIL child sex trafficking has monetarily surpassed the illegal sale of arms in the US.

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6PpQ TIL Freddie Mercury cancelled a duet with Michael Jackson in the 1980s because Jackson insisted on bringing his llama to the studio
XEV1j TIL that the famous World Heritage site of Babylon’s most recent addition of destruction was by Saddam Hussein who built a fake Babylon honoring himself on top of the ruins. It was further destroyed by US and Polish troops whose base was built on the ruins and ran over artifacts with tanks.
4XPLw TIL that Monday is also known as the ”Heart attack day” because there is a proven increase in the rate of heart attacks
7N0p TIL in 1964, dendrochronologist Donald Currey got his tree corer stuck in a bristlecone pine and retrieved it by cutting it down. After counting its rings, he realized he had killed the oldest recorded tree in the world.
ea0J TIL that Oktoberfest started off as a wedding reception for a Prince in Bavaria in 1810, and the newlyweds enjoyed it so much, they suggested making it an annual event.