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TIL soldiers were used as “guinea pigs” to study the effects of radiation on human health by French government in 1960s

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GkbN TIL there is a micro nation in Nevada named Molossia that consists only of a house, front yard and back yard. It also declared war on east Germany.
01GM TIL that in 2011, archeologists in Italy found the buried remains of a couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
JNVB TIL The Dalai Lama eats meat, for health reasons and out of respect for his hosts on his travels
e0ZK5 TIL that Harry Houdini’s first public performance was at age 9 as a trapeze artist, billing himself as “Ehrich Prince of the Air“
e08r6 TIL that both South Korea and the Maldives once used the tune of Scottish song "Auld Lang Syne" for their anthems. South Korea inherited it from Scottish missionaries. The poet behind the Maldives' anthem, for his part, chose the music after hearing it chiming out of an uncle's novelty clock