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TIL it would take Vietnam an estimated 300 years and 10 Billion Dollars to clear its territory of unexploded bombs, shells and mines.

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X0M7E TIL of the Petticoat Affair, where the wives of POTUS Andrew Jackson's Cabinet conspired to socially ostracise the War Secretary's wife due to a controversy around her marriage. This rattled and led to the resignation of the entire cabinet.
DQMGg TIL - there is a class of Stainless Steel alloys, called ferritic or 400 series, that are magnetic, unlike most stainless steel alloys.
xOm1 TIL archaeologists had found a ring inside a 9th century Viking grave that is inscribed with the phrase ‘for Allah’.
E1YWx TIL In 2000, when several planets happened to be close to one another, astrologers predicted that there would be catastrophes, volcanic eruptions and tidal waves. This caused an entire sea-side village to panic and abandon their houses. Nothing predicted happened and their houses were burgled
WkN18 TIL During the Beijing Olympics, a 9-year-old girl who sang a patriotic song at the opening ceremony, was revealed to be a fake lip-syncing. The real singer was a 7-year-old girl who was kept backstage, because she was considered not good looking enough and that might’ve damaged China’s image.