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TIL Afghanistan only has one pig. His name is Khanzir

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rNpO1 TIL the first documented landing on Australia by a European was around March 1606.
Y7EAG TIL the BBC broadcast coded messages to British secret agents behind enemy lines during WWII
rRDK4 TIL that Encrochat was a encrypted messaging network, that run on custom phones, used by criminals to plan drug deals, murders and extortion plots. Each phone costed €1000, plus €1500 for a contract of six months, and had a “panic button” that would erase all data.
WVOd TIL in 2009 a couple from UK started a facebook campaign to make Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name” the #1 Christmas single. The song sold 500,000 copies beating the 4 year run of X-factor winners. All proceeds went to homeless charities. More in comments.
6EwPW TIL NASA has an overdue fine for $400 owed to the Dundas Shire in WA Australia for littering