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TIL That only around 5% of the sale price of Fair Trade goods is passed onto the producers, the vast majority is lost in the rich countries that promote them

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6Ejwl TIL In the original book Uncle Tom's Cabin, Tom was actually an honorable man put to death for not telling the location of two escaped slave women. It was only in later adaptations he was portrayed as a house negro and his name became synonymous with being a servile race traitor.
ANGwB TIL kites can kill people?
PYZpe TIL that when Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen (King Tut) died in 1325 BCE, the first Imperial Chinese dynasty would not exist 1000 years, the Trojan War would not happen for 200 years, and Rome would not be founded for 600 years. However, the Great Pyramid of Giza was already over 1000 years old.
ne9kP TIL: There are two red lines, on the floor, in the House Of Commons that opposing members are not allowed to cross. The measured distance is the length of two swords, and was intended to deter two members from initiating an on the spot duel.
9wMJm TIL a severely injured pigeon saved 194 men during WW1