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TIL Game of Thrones has brought more than $100 million to Northern Ireland’s economy

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mPGM TIL During The First Opium War of 1839, 19,000 British troops fought against 200,000 Chinese. The Chinese had 20,000 casualties, the British just 69. The war marked the start of the “Century of Humiliation” in China.
wYw7 TIL that the official date for Opposite Day is the 25th of January.
xVGXo TIL Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mother was also assassinated, and his brother was found dead in a swimming pool at age 38.
wjG6 TIL that because Koalas get so little energy from their diet of eucalyptus leaves, they limit their energy use and sleep 20 hours a day, with only 4 minutes a day being active. They spend most of their waking hours eating and sleeping from a single tree.
wavP TIL The voice of Bart Simpson is an evangelical Scientologist, and has been known to use her iconic Bart Simpson voice as part of a robocall encouraging people to attend a Scientology event in Los Angeles.