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TIL in 2012 50 Detroit students were suspended for demanding an education, consistent teachers and schoolbooks.

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GA1xj TIL Napoleon's invasion of Syria was stopped by the defensive work of Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux, a former classmate of Napoleon. Phélippeaux was a royalist working on behalf of British/Ottomans at Acre where he rebuilt the defenses. Napoleon failed to seize Acre and gave up the campaign.
leWG TIL that there is now a microwave that can cool things down.
4Kga TIL that manmade air pollution is the cause of more than two million deaths every year globally
wnAW TIL an orangutan named Chantek was raised as a human child. He mastered sign language and understands the value and use of money and work, choosing to spend his earnt ‘money’ on his favourite fast food, hamburgers.
W7p9L TIL Robocop's design was inspired by Hajime Sorayama's "Sexy Robot" series and Fritz Lang's Metropolis movie.