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TIL that in 1970 the US Postal Service decided on a strike after a Congressional decision to raise the wages of postal workers by only 4%, at the same time as Congress raised its own pay by 41%

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e0X04 TIL that in 2014, a Nigerian motorcyclist discovered what is now known as the Ibadan Forest of Horror - a site where 20 decomposing human remains and hundreds of human skulls were uncovered, in what is believed to have been ritualistic killings. 20 people were found alive.
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