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TIL The state of Singapore was expelled from the Malaysian federation due to a heated ideological conflict between their respective ruling parties.

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nJAr TIL that the seconds hands in train station clocks in Switzerland run 1.7 % faster, then stop for an extra second at the top of the minute (as they are synchronized). That gives trains a full 2 seconds during which they can leave exactly on time.
4No5 TIL At the first Thanksgiving dinner lobster was one of the main entrees. Seal and swan were also on the menu.
9YRY7 TIL that Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh is an avid hunter and that in 1993 during a seven week stay at the Queen's Sandringham estate he shot 10,000 pheasant.
pWAb TIL Coffee company Nescafe add a formulated coffee aroma to the top of instant coffee jars before sealing them so that you get that ‘fresh coffee’ smell when you open the jar the first time.
KO4O6 TIL the only Pre-Colombian Native American Iron Age was caused by Japanese shipwrecks brought to the Pacific Northwest by the Kuroshio Current. By the time Europeans arrived, tribes had been creating iron tools and weapons for years.