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TIL that in WWII The Gambia Fought in Indochina With it’s Entire Military… Of Only Ten Men

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ne4JW TIL that in 2010, a guy placed a $200 million stock exchange order that would pay off if the markets dropped. Automated trading programs overreacted, briefly crashing the markets by 10%. He then bought a bunch of stock cheap, profiting $40 million. He was identified and arrested in 2015.
5MNr TIL in 1897 Indiana tried to change the value of Pi to 3.2 via legislation
wLop1 TIL of Giordano_Bruno, who was the first person outside of ancient Greece to postulate that the sun was just another star and that other stars likely had their own planets. In 1600 he was burned at the stake by the Catholic Church for heresy.
neVb9 TIL Disney isn't legally allowed to develop Marvel attractions based on X-Men, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and the Avengers, and their "families" on its East Coast theme parks, nor use the Marvel name in both of its West/East Coast parks due to the 1994 contract Marvel signed with Universal Studios
Lk6mP TIL that actor Cole Sprouse (of Suite Life of Zack and Cody/Riverdale fame) has an Instagram account dedicated entirely to capturing people trying to sneak pictures of him in public