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TIL that trade in albino body parts is an actual thing in Tanzania.

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RQa6 TIL that the Netherlands used to flood certain areas in times of war to create a military defensive line. The water was too shallow for boats, but deep enough to hide traps and ditches under.
QV6M TIL: the catholic church enslaved young girls in “sin laundries” ireland until 1996
oBgQo TIL that the three great minds: Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr and Erwin Schrödinger behind Quantum Mechanics all read from and greatly respected the Vedas, the ancient Indian Sanskrit texts on spirituality. Schrödinger even mentioned this in a book he wrote called "My view of the world."
J1wWj TIL that Flash memory got its name because the process of erasing the device called to mind the flash of a camera.
NX4kJ TIL that the highest point in the Netherlands is Mount Scenery, located in the Caribbean.