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TIL that Cancun did not exist as a city until the 1970s, with Isla Cancun having only three inhabitants who were caretakers of a coconut plantation

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rN1PM TIL King Orodes of Parthia abdicated in favour of his son Phraates IV, who consolidated his reign by promptly murdering his father and thirty of his brothers.
j686a TIL a British woman was wrongly convicted of murdering her two sons (born 1996 and 1998) when they really died from SIDS. The little-understood disease caused a jury to believe she smothered them to death. After serving 4 years, she was released in 2003. She died in 2007 from alcohol abuse.
p8Pl4 TIL that a dog in Mexico named Frida saved the lives of 12 people who were trapped under rubble due to earthquakes. She identified a total of 52 bodies during her career and is considered a national heroine in Mexico. She is now officially retired.
ADOJ7 TIL crude oil comes chiefly from dead microorganisms, not dinosaurs
g9dL TIL the American government can classify your invention as “born secret” and keep it from the public