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TIL Between 1967 and 1990, there were two states called "Yemen". "South Yemen" was more northerly than "North Yemen". It was also situated to the east.

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e0oJn TIL: The Bay View Massacre occurred in 1886 when workers demanded an 8-hour workday. When the workers shut down the town, the Governor of Wisconsin gave the National Guard orders to shoot-to-kill. When the Guard Captain got the orders, he picked a man out of the crowd and had him shot.
698W7 TIL going to the beach and swimming in the ocean for leisure is a relatively modern practice in the western world. Prior to the 17th century, Europeans historically viewed beaches as frightening places, and "only peasants sought refuge from the heat in the cool seawater".
R7eMj TIL legendary film director Sergio Leone and composer Ennio Morricone, whose collaboration would make the history of cinema, were schoolmates in grade school.
x6Nmw TIL that cellulose, an anti-caking agent used in shredded cheese, is actually wood pulp. Cellulose does not provide any nutritional benefit, and companies have gone under fire for putting too much of it in their products.
W8yB TIL severed octopus tentacles will still function as normal for up to an hour after being cut off, even going as far as to search for food and bring it back to a “phantom mouth”.