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TIL about Malaga Island, a mixed race community off the coast of Maine that was forcibly depopulated in 1912.

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XEXPE TIL Stevie Ray Vaughan's signature '59 Stratocaster, Number One, aka "The Wife" was originally owned by Christopher Cross who traded it to a local music store because he wanted a guitar with a "beefier" sound.
woPmM TIL WW2 sunken ships are being "grave robbed" due to their incredibly valuable steel
Bg8NW TIL A surgeon in the UK used an argon beam to brand his initials onto transplanted livers of two of his patients
Y79L7 TIL of the SnackWell Effect, the tendency of people to go overboard on something when they are given free pass (such as the low fat cookie the effect is named after). The effect is seen in other areas. For example, people with low-energy light bulbs tend to leave them on longer.
7Ogp TIL Army PFC LaVena Johnson’s 2005 death at a base in Balad, Iraq was ruled a “suicide.” She had a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, burns from corrosive chemicals on her genitals and a gunshot wound.