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TIL, That despite its popular use in scams and pop culture, Nigeria doesn't have a Monarchy and hasn't had one since 1963

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R5a77 TIL of the WWII Kaimingjie Germ Weapon Attack, a Japanese biological warfare germ strike attack on Chinese cities using fleas infected with cholera and the bubonic plague
eppJE TIL coding RollerCoaster Tycoon in the late 1990s required significant optimization of PC power and memory constraints at the time. Per designer Chris Sawyer, letting guests drown was simply easier than programming the alternative of allowing them to swim to shore.
5Y5ep TIL That the NES, SNES, and Gameboy were all discontinued in the same year: 2003
D14v TIL that there is a Civil War/Dinosaur-themed amusement park in Natural Bridge, VA which features statues of Dinosaurs fighting Civil War Soldiers. Scroll Down.
dDpBr TIL Christopher Walken worked as a lion tamer at age 16. He performed in a circus alongside a lioness named Sheba, whom he described as “very sweet” and compared to a dog.He took the job one summer before becoming an actor, saying, “Who’s going to turn that down?”