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TIL that Angkor, the capital of the Khmer empire, was the largest city in the world during the middle ages. At 1,350 sq. miles, it was bigger than modern day NYC and Tokyo combined.

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lMGr TIL Former McGruff the Crime Dog actor, John Morales, was arrested in 2011 for having two marijuana grow operations
NZ08 TIL the Flemish anthem of Belgium is exceptionally bloody: “He tears, destroys, crushes, covers in blood and mud; And in victory grins over his enemy’s trembling corpse.”
6EPrw TIL that London is plagued by wild parakeets, theorized to have descended from a pair released by Jimi Hendrix in the ‘60s
X5V8 TIL Robert E. Lee had diarrhea at the Battle of Gettysburg and many believe that may have contributed to some of his poor decisions
MekQ7 TIL that toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that can alter human behaviour and reaction time causing an increasing in accidents and neurotic behaviour the parasite enters humans via a cat host in which it can sexually reproduce in the gut