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TIL The invention of cultured pearls largely destroyed the economy of Kuwait due to the reliance on pearl diving.

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ADG1w TIL London pays yearly rent for a property to the Queen since 1211 with an axe, a knife, 6 horseshoes, and 61 nails.
VBnZB TIL an early free trade agreement between the US and Canada was terminated by the US partly because of American anger towards the British's unofficial support of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
LGA9 TIL Louisiana State Penitentiary was founded as a slave plantation, and is still run as a prison farm to this day
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4kxMa TIL Michael Jackson managed to film the music video of They Dont Care About Us despite the Brazilian government being against the idea because he had the protection of the cartels