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TIL that slavery was still legal in the British Empire as late as 1964 (in the Federation of South Arabia, previously the Aden Colony, now part of Yemen)

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Zm64 TIL there exists a disorienting neurological condition called “Alice in Wonderland Syndrome”, whereby sufferers experience visual hallucinations of seeing things and people as smaller or larger than they actually are (“Lilliputian”).
9wLZQ TIL 91 people who worked on the 1956 film The Conqueror including Susan Hayward and Agnes Moorehead died from cancer. It may have been caused by radiation because they filmed near nuclear sites.
WRJL TIL that AMC cut the budget of ‘The Walking Dead’ by 20% for season 2 despite wanting twice as many episodes, and fired the show’s creator 3 days after he promoted the show at Comicon
BQrK TIL The Green Berets in Vietnam lived with and fought alongside local tribesmen called Montagnards and developed close bonds so strong that today, the biggest Montagnard population in the US is located in NC, near to the base that HQs the Green Berets.
7Eox TIL that there is a classified airline called “Janet” that operates out of Las Vegas’ McCarran Airport which transports contractors and government workers to and from the Nevada National Security Site (Area 51).