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TIL that Indomie Mie Goreng (Fried Noodles) was invented in 1982 by a lady who back then had just graduated from a degree in food technology.

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oolY TIL An American magician in the 1900’s acted as a Chinese man for his show and never broke character in public, even using a translator when speaking to journalists. he died on stage after a trick went wrong, his last words were “Oh my God. Something’s happened. Lower the curtain.”
0dP1p TIL in the US Civil War, US forces under inept General Ben Butler were repulsed in the first attempt at taking Petersburg in part by a scratch force of old men, young boys and jail inmates and is referred to as "The Battle of The Patients and Penitents" and "The battle of Old Men and Young Boys"
VBRKD TIL Candace Newmaker, a 10 yo girl, was killed during a "rebirthing session", during which she was wrapped in a heavy flannel blanket, covered in pillows, and held down forcefully by 4 adults (2 unlicensed "therapists" and 2 "therapeutic foster parents") until she suffocated.
KYX76 TIL that in 1951, the future President of Botswana (then a member of the Botswanan Royal Family) and his wife were exiled to the UK for 5 years, as the South African government disapproved of their interracial marriage and the UK did not want to imperil their access to cheap resources in SA.
6ROl TIL: 37 states in the US don’t require sex education to be medically accurate. Some states will let you teach the Stork before teaching about condoms.