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TIL Canal France International accidentally broadcasted 30 minutes of porn to Saudi Arabia… instead of a children’s programme.

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8llV TIL that Lord Voldemort Was a Character in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
P9mg TIL an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II, Hiroo Onoda, did not surrender in 1945. In 1974 his former commander traveled from Japan to personally issue orders relieving him from duty. Onoda had spent almost 30 years holding out in the Philippines.
9Ed6 TIL Tagalog is the fifth most spoken language in the united states, ranking higher than Vietnamese, Korean, German, Arabic and Russian.
e8X5 TIL the sunken wreck of a long-lost Second World War submarine, thought to contain the bodies of 71 servicemen sealed inside its airtight chambers, has been found by divers off the coast of Sardinia
eJMD TIL that Samuel J. Tilden, the guy who lost the 1876 U.S. Presidential election by a razor-thin margin, bears the phrase “I Still Trust The People” on his gravestone.