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TIL Sealand is a micronation that was founded on a abandoned sea fort

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YVjr TIL the wheel was invented thousands of years after boats, woven cloth, rope, sewing needles, baskets and even the flute.
epKm4 TIL Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol was a Parisienne theatre that primarily put on horror and amoral productions. Celebrities and royals would sometimes attend and viewers were know to faint, vomit, or become aroused. Grand-Guignol lasted from 1897 to 1962, with declines following the Second World War.
4Xoyb TIL about the Nigerian Civil War, where the US, UK, and the Soviet Union were supporting the same side during the cold war, while China, France, and West Germany were supporting the other side
GAl0N TIL that the world's oldest known piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old.
yQm7l TIL that New Zealand bans ludicrous children’s names that would cause offence: this has protected children from being called Stallion, Yeah Detroit, Fish and Chips, Twisty Poi, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, but did allow one to be called Number 16 Bus Shelter.