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TIL: England had a trade deficit with China over tea, so they grew opium in India and illegally sold it in China, leading to the Opium Wars

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jNaBQ TIL that the world's most well-preserved mummy was found at the altitude of 6,600 in Argentina. She was a 15-year-old Incan girl who had been sacrificed to gods around 500 years ago.
aw8LN TIL to use a hidden, already installed, Windows app that allows DVD quality recordings, of ANYTHING you hear over your computer speakers! This includes Youtube, Spotify, iPod, karaoke etc...
9wdOQ TIL: The last imperial eunuch of Chinese history was castrated by his father with a razor to serve the last emperor Pu Yi. However, just mere months after the operation, the emperor was deposed and the system of government changed.
Oo8xe TIL King Pepy II came to the throne aged nine, and ruled until he was 100. It is said he had a great system for avoiding insects: he would cover a slave in honey. Flies swarmed to the slave and left Pepy in peace.
gr04A TIL Luddites were protesting working conditions and low pay, not technology