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TIL When the slaves were freed from the USA, some went back to Africa and promptly enslaved the native africans based on the plantation methods they learnt in the states.

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m1EGv TIL that the official residence of the UK Prime Minister, 10 Downing St, originally started out as being numbered 5 Downing St and was not renumbered until 1779.
mV6x TIL Stephen king was hit by a van not far from his home in 1999. He suffered from a collapsed lung, a broken hip,a leg broken in nine places.Afterward he and his lawyer bought the van for $1,500 and when King healed, he wailed on it with a baseball bat before sending it to be crushed at a junkyard
GY6jg TIL that there's something other than a boat OR a plane - it was called the Ekranoplan, a stunning and massive ground effect vehicle.
v1OxK TIL that Hugh Grant got busted for soliciting a prostitute because he kept pressing his brake pedal with his foot while receiving oral sex, causing a police officer to notice the flashing brake light.
mojP TIL that Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in ‘73 for his role in “peacefully resolving” the Vietnam War, despite the fact that Kissinger prolonged the war for five years. The decision to award Kissinger with the Prize caused two members of the Nobel committee to resign in protest.