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TIL three candidates running for mayor in a Romanian town had the same name. None of them were related.

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lwLN TIL that a Korean airlines accidentally strayed into Soviet Airspace, leading to the plane being shot down. To prevent such a tragedy, US President Ronald Reagan declassified a critical military tech and that is how we got GPS for civilian use.
jN68E TIL Tax resistance has probably existed ever since rulers began imposing taxes on their subjects, evenbefore 1500 A.D. Tax resistance played a significant role in the collapse of several empires, including the Egyptian, Roman, Spanish, and Aztec
N7vjM TIL: How a Fitness App Revealed Secret Military Bases
1a7k4 TIL A printer's devil was an apprentice in a printing establishment who performed a number of tasks such as mixing ink and fetching type. Many notable men served as printer's devils in their youth,including Ambrose Bierce, Benjamin Franklin,Thomas Jefferson, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain and John Kellogg
Mev0m TIL about the battle of bamber bridge 1943 an out break of racial violence between black and white american military personnel due to the white MPs trying to enforce jim crow laws the 3 pubs in the town responded by putting up signs that said black troops only