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TIL Stanley from The Office is an aspiring pop artist. His first single was entitled “2 Be Simple”.

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XEKpj TIL during the 1967 war between Biafra and Nigeria, Biafra established a puppet state called the Republic of Benin, that lasted one day before being occupied by Nigeria.
lQ7r TIL In 1903, a barge tipped somewhere off the coast of Staten Island, sending most of its 7,700 silver-and-lead bars to the bottom. Most bars were recovered right away, but some 1,400 bars, valued at up to $20 million today were never found.
LkdWQ TIL about "naumachia", the Ancient Roman practice of filling a specialised coliseum/amphitheatre basin full of water and forcing convicts and PoWs to fight to the death in staged naval battles, complete with fully armed warships, for the Caesar's entertainment
R5L4a TIL: Since the year 2000, 5 new elements have been added to the periodic table. The 7th row of the periodic table is finally filled.
Me5n7 TIL the sky on Mars is red and its sunsets are blue, exactly the opposite of Earth's.