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TIL Several UFO sightings were recorded throughout the Roman Republic/Empire from 214 BC

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Z8AYG TIL of the Chinese social credit system, which will be used to exclude citizens from flights, schools, loans etc. Based on their "score" received from monitoring of everyday activity
9YZe6 TIL on 18 August 1913, in Monte Carlo Casino, 26 roulette spins in a row landed on black. The odds of such an occurrence are 1 in 66.6 million. Many gamblers lost millions of francs as they continually (and incorrectly) reasoned that red was due to come up next.
Da1r TIL China owns less than 10% of USA’s overall debt
GYPj1 TIL that in WWII, spam, the canned meatloaf, was so vital and ubiquitous, that Uncle Sam became Uncle Spam.
VD1Z TIL England’s famous Battle of Hastings in 1066 was not actually fought at Hastings. It occurred in an area called Battle, about 7 miles away. Because ‘Battle of Battle’ was such an awful title, they instead named it after the nearest town.