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TIL of Equatorial Guinea’s 1975 Christmas Eve massacre, in which roughly 150 political dissenters were executed in a stadium by soldiers wearing Santa Claus costumes to the tune of Mary Hopkin’s “Those Were the Days.”

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EgEwx TIL That English band Black lace missed out on two worldwide hits after their versions were beaten to release by other bands. The Birdie song and Cotton eye Joe respectively.
R71b7 TIL Cwtch (Welsh; pronounced ‘kutch’, rhyming with ‘butch’) is a special hug that makes you feel safe in the world.
pYoZG TIL in 2013, 2 million Brazilians took the streets because of a 20 cent increase in bus fares
8g18 TIL that in or to reproduce, eagles lock talons mid air and do the dirty bird in a downward spiraling free fall death fuck then separate once the act is consumated before hitting the ground
VBGmG TIL: during the conquest of the Aztecs, Hernán Cortés was a wanted criminal, having foregone orders by the colonial governor of Cuba to cease operations. Expeditionary forces were even sent to attempt and arrest him.