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TIL Blue is the world’s most popular colour

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wLZaP TIL that, in 1803, an English town experienced so many ghost sightings that its citizens formed armed ghost-patrols to catch the spirit. The hunt ended when a bricklayer dressed in white was mistaken for the ghost and shot in the face.
x9gk TIL, TIL gives out the most Reddit Gold
OGMZR TIL the Pinkerton Detective Agency never went out of business and is still in operation today, now, as a division of Securitas.
nWyNY TIL that the last known cuneiform inscription, an astronomical text, was written in 75 AD
dDZbE TIL after Columbus landed in the Americas in 1492, they discovered Taino people roasting meat over a grill, allowing the flames and smoke to envelop the meat for a certain flavor. Called "barabicu" by the Taino, the technique spread to Europe and the colonies, and is now known as Barbecue.