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TIL Britain and Spain almost went to war over the Falkland Islands in 1770.

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d8dWB TIL Star Wars original trilogy was remastered by fans as they wanted high definition versions of the original release.
Q6E6 TIL in 2009, David Booth, a park ranger in Scotland, packed up his metal detector, drove to a field, and scored big. His first sweep yielded 4 gold neck bands, from the first century B.C.—the most important hoard of Iron Age gold found in Scotland to date.
R8Ma TIL that circumcision is so popular in South Korea that the circumcision rate exceeds the birth rate
LQOK9 TIL that if every US citizen consumed the recommended amount of daily fruits and veggies that the world’s agriculture actually couldn’t support it
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