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TIL 850,000 people were tried in court for taking part in the Rwandan genocide, the last case ended in 2012

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x6vZ7 TIL in Eastern Canada 1923 is known as “The year of free beef”. When the Maritimes changed from driving on the left to the right hand side of the road, oxen could not be retrained to walk on the right side and so were sent to slaughter causing a precipitous decline in beef price.
PbpZ TIL you can change your testosterone and cortisol levels by changing body language and acting more alpha
5VJ1R TIL that in the 17th century, tulip bulbs became incredibly valuable and were even traded on futures markets in the Netherlands. At the peak of the craze, some individual tulip bulbs were worth more than a house.
NXYQQ TIL in 1998 ASEAN Championship, both Indonesia and Thailand wanted to deliberately lose their match so that they finish 2nd in their group and face "weaker" Singapore in the Semi-Final. Ironically, both of them got eliminated in the Semi-Finals and Singapore won the whole thing in the end.
rNe40 TIL that despite writing massive hits "All Shook Up", "Don't Be Cruel", "Return to Sender" and others, Otis Blackwell never met Elvis Presley in person.