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TIL - If you wanted to buy a single rare Dutch tulip bulb in 1636, all it would cost you is: 2 lasts of wheat, 4 lasts of rye, 4 fat oxen, 8 fat swine, 12 fat sheep, 2 hogheads of wine, 4 turns of beer, 2 tons of butter, 1000lbs of cheese, a complete bed, a suit of clothes, & a silver drinking cup.

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9w6kr TIL that the largest territorial claim in antarctica is made by Australia, totalling an area of 5,896,500 km2
j6BBQ TIL that in the Vietnam War, future Nebraska governor Bob Kerrey was complicit in a raid in which troops under his command killed 21 unarmed civilians, mostly children. He then falsely reported them as guerrillas. According to an American and Vietnamese witness, Kerrey had them shot in cold blood.
wLDJ1 TIL a suicide bomber with explosives in his laptop boarded the Somali owned Daallo Airlines in 2016 intending to blow the whole aircraft. Twenty minutes after the takeoff, the bomb exploded, creating a hole in the plane, and the suicide bomber was sucked out of the plane. He was the only fatality.
R7lw4 TIL Around half of all the debris in space today comes from just two events: a 2007 anti-satellite test by the Chinese government, and an accidental 2009 collision between two satellites.
palp TIL on November 5, 1995, a deranged man entered the home of the Canadian Prime Minister with the intention of assassinating him. He was thwarted in his attempt when the wife of the Prime Minister simply locked their bedroom door.