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TIL the government can take your land for public use in pretty much every country

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GAk8N TIL Mary Poppins child star Matthew Garber (Michael Banks) died at age 21 from Hepatitis from bad meat
OGVW4 TIL of the 2016 Kasese Clashes, a brief conflict that erupted between Ugandan security forces and the royal guards of a subnational kingdom called the Rwenzururu kingdom. In the end, the Omusinga (king) of Rwenzururu was arrested and 87 of his men perished.
VM1K0 TIL the News Presenters at BBC News have a specific set of clothes on standby just in case they need to announce the death of the Queen
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