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TIL that cigarettes are the most littered items in the world.

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p87J8 TIL Burger King is banned from operating within 20 miles of Mattoon, Illinois due to a lawsuit by the owners of a family restaurant named "Burger King".
dDrJ7 TIL that it is not known exactly when the University of Oxford was founded
kJk7E TIL of Mona Parsons, the only Canadian female civilian to be imprisoned by the Nazis. She married a Dutch millionaire and aided downed Allied airmen in WWII till captured in 1941. Sentenced to death, she appealed it and was sentenced to life in prison. She escaped in 1945 and reached Canadian troops
p89bb TIL of a French colony in Texas in the 1680’s which was wiped out by Karankawa Native Americans in 1688. Four surviving children of the colonists were adopted by the tribe.
4kMQ5 TIL: the first dirty bomb was created and tested by the communist Red Guard for use against the PLA