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TIL South Africa developed nukes and voluntarily dismantled them. It's the only country in history to do this.

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p840Q TIL that Angkor, the capital of the Khmer empire, was the largest city in the world during the middle ages. At 1,350 sq. miles, it was bigger than modern day NYC and Tokyo combined.
Lgrp TIL that Jazz musician Billy Tipton lived for 74 years, had four sons, and several wives; and none of them knew that Billy Tipton had female body parts, Tipton went to great lengths to disguise birth gender; making up a big web of fascinating lies
O7kX TIL that the ZIP in ZIP Code stands for: Zone Improvement Plan
9mP7 TIL Over 2,000 historic Armenian sites were purposely destroyed by the Turkish state between 1923 and 1974; this happened during Turkey’s so-called “secular” era. In addition, a lot of literature was lost: Turks used paper from science books to wrap cheese and dates in the bazaars.
0ddWN TIL that Rod Stewart had such terrible stage fright during his first concert in America that he hid behind the amplifiers while singing. It took a shot of brandy to get him out. Decades later, he set the record for playing at the largest free rock concert in history, in front of 3.5 million people.