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TIL in the original Game of Life board game “Suicide” was a possible outcome.

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5VVnr TIL that in Australia's worst aircraft crash no Australians died. In 1943 the crash of a USAAF B17 Flying Fortress took the lives of 40 US servicemen leaving only one survivor. No other aviation incident in Australia before or since has cost more lives.
KORpw TIL that there was a Nazi spy network during WWII in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. Their goal was to smuggle drugs into the United States to destabilize the country and lower morale
QNMx9 TIL California was mistakenly considered an island for centuries on world maps. The legend proposed that it was terrestrial paradise, like the Garden of Eden. This misconception was resolved in the 18th century
vdVL TIL: Michael Jackson wanted to build a 50 foot robot of himself to roam the Nevada desert.
Nb5E TIL that under the Taliban’s rule, Afghan Sikhs were forced to wear yellow patches on their clothing to identify them.