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TIL there was a British plan during WWIl to seal up soldiers in a hidden Gibraltar bunker so they could observe German military movements even if Gibraltar was captured.

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NOyb TIL the average Wal-Mart shopper is a white, 50-year-old female with an annual household income of $53,125
DQOGY TIL of the Telecommunications Relay Service, a free service for all of the US and its territories, which lets people with hearing/speech disabilities to make phone calls
mNLx TIL that a Japanese ship crashed on the Washington coast in 1833, its sailors were captured by Native Americans and enslaved before being freed by the intervention of the Hudson Bay Company
mxrnv TIL that in Washington state you can challenge someone to mutual combat and fight in the street. Both parties have a free pass to engage in violence with their bare fists with no weapons. As long as both parties consent to the fight, the police will allow it to occur.
GYG0G TIL Blackbirding is the coercion of people through deception and/or kidnapping to work as unpaid or poorly paid labourers in countries distant to their native land. The practice continues to the present day, often forcing indigenous peoples in Central America to work as plantation labourers.