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TIL about Million Dollar Point in Vanuatu. A graveyard for WW2 Era tanks, jeeps, bulldozers and other supplies that the Americans intentionally sunk out of spite after Britain and France would not pay for them because they assumed the US would leave the equipment there and they could get it for free

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Lkynr TIL Saul was selected to be the first King of Israel when the people demanded that they wanted a king, "to govern us like all the nations". Saul was described as "tall" and "handsome" but had no other relevant qualifications and was surprised to be annointed King
MW4V TIL Princess Diana stated her bulimia started “the week after we got engaged.” “My husband put his hand on my waistline and said: ‘Oh, a bit chubby here, aren’t we?’ and that triggered off something in me.“
8a55P TIL Hilary Farr, the co-host of the HGTV and W Network television series Love It or List It, was Betty Munroe in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
b9PV7 TIL Kente cloth colors and patterns have specific meanings, and is often used to make silent, but intentional statements.
pDVb TIL that when you get motion sickness, it’s the result of your brain being tricked into thinking you have been poisoned. The discrepancy between your body feeling motion but not seeing it causes you to vomit the non-existent neurotoxin or poison