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TIL that 80,000 people or 5% of the population of Bali was executed during the massacres of suspected communists in Indonesia in 1965-66, many on those white sand beaches.

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xVprw TIL about the Fascinus or "the divine phallus" often depicted as a winged penis that the ancient Romans regarded as a deity and used as a symbol of protection against the evil eye
9YZrM TIL that a family in China adopted what they thought was a dog and raised it for 2 years, only to find out it was an Asiatic black bear. They reportedly couldn't figure out why the dog kept growing. It turns out that sort of mix-up happens fairly often.
Kykw TIL: 7-Eleven Day (Free Slurpees at 7-Eleven) is celebrated on July 11 (7/11) in the northern hemisphere (summer) and November 7th (7.11) in the southern hemisphere (summer).
mxvZR TIL in Germany in 1938, while searching for a water source for a town, workers found an ancient spring feed line to a Roman aqueduct which had supplied Cologne 60 miles away. The feed was simply connected into the modern water network. To avoid damage to the spring no archaeological work was done.
jrPE TIL David Miscavige’s wife has been missing since 2007. He is the leader of the Church of Scientology.