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TIL that excessive lurking on Facebook can negatively impact people's emotional well being and their satisfaction with life

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69r1Q TIL In 2001, Nintendo released a console specifically made for Pokemon games called the Pokemon Mini
jNnna TIL in 1859, the aboriginals of Andaman islands armed just with Arrows and spears, went on a battle against the highly armed British who had setup a penal colony in Andaman, only to be crushed within a few hours, as they didn't know the British had already been tipped off about the impending attack.
v1WP4 TIL Queen Elizabeth has won more than $9.4 million on horse betting and is also the 11th most successful owner of racing horses.
R50K1 TIL that as of June 2022, Canada has a land border with Europe. After decades of disagreement – called the 'whisky war' – over who owned the unoccupied Hans Island between the Canadian territory of Nunavut and Greenland, the two governments agreed to split it down the middle.
ADjn TIL that the FBI arrested 5 Israelis on 9/11 for filming the attacks and celebrating with cries of ‘joy and mockery’.