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TIl in October 2022 an arsonist set fire to easter island, charring and cracking the sacred moai figures and doing irreplaceable damage to the figures

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neVvG TIL During the US Civil War, General Sherman implemented the scorched earth policy by having his men pile all deed books in front of the courthouse and burn them. The logic was that the big plantations would not be able to prove land ownership.
VdZD TIL - astronauts on the international space station have faster internet than most Americas do at home.
neklW TIL one of the reasons the LEGO mmo was shutdown was due to expensive penis detection costs
16pbd TIL about Danish Pålægschokolade, which translates to “chocolate to put on bread”. They are thin slices of chocolate that are used as a topping on bread, such as rye or white bread, similar to how chocolate spread is used in many countries.
yVOVa TIL. Although the last letter of the English Alphabet is "Z", so far the last letter added to it was "J".