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TIL the 2004 "Thailand tsunami" killed an estimated 227,898 people, including 170,000 people in Indonesia

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1ad4P TIL of the Movement for the Independence of Sicily, a Sicilian political party thats goal was the annexation of Sicily into the United States. Its best electoral result was in 1947, when it won 8.8% of the votes in the Sicilian regional election and had nine regional deputies elected.
pYmrZ TIL about François Vatel, who was in charge of a banquet for 2000 people in honour of King Louis XIV in 1671. He committed suicide during preparations for the meal after a seafood delivery was late, and was only discovered when someone was sent to inform him that it had arrived.
X0Ler TIL about the Wilmington Massacre, a race related insurrection and massacre perpetrated in 1898 in Wilmington North Carolina
aERo TIL in 2008 the makers of square-shaped Shreddies breakfast cereal ran an ad campaign promoting their ‘new’ diamond-shaped version. Sales increased by 18%.
xaYg TIL the president of the NAACP is a white guy.