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TIL there is a movement in France which rejects the Revolution and maintains that the Duke of Anjou, Louis Alphonse, is King Louis XX

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QdZM TIL that in China in 757 during the siege of Suiyang, while they were short of food, the general Zhang Xun ordered his soldiers to kill the civilians in order to feed themselves. At the end of the siege ten months later, 20,000 to 30,000 people were eaten and only 400 were left.
Ae7a TIL that Americans have worse teeth and fewer teeth than the British, stereotypes aside
kOrBW TIL that in 2006, Gnarls Barkley removed their hit single 'Crazy' from music stores after it remained at the top of the British charts for 9 weeks, so people would "remember the song fondly and not get sick of it".
gR88 TIL Unlike other types of cancer which grow slowly, testicular cancer can take off overnight..
BL1y TIL the town of Austin, Indiana has a higher incidence of HIV than any country in Africa.