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TIL the international space station (ISS) took 10 years and 15 countries working together to assemble

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6Pwl TIL that MI6 British intelligence hacked into an al-Qaeda online magazine and replaced bomb-making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes.
e0G85 TIL: Chili peppers, whose spiciness is now so prominent in Indian, Chinese, Thai, and other Asian cuisines, originated in South America and were unknown in Asia until world-wide sea trade first brought them there the mid 1500's.
p8Ooe TIL : There are problems which can't be solved even if we have plenty of resources. These are called as undecidable problems. For such a problem, a computer might give a wrong answer or it will run forever without a solution.
VBwR4 TIL Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, who started the persecution of Catholics, died in 1616 from over-eating tempura, a dish invented by Catholics during Lent while they were visiting Japan in 1543, which was the same year the Shogun had been born.
W7QO8 TIL that the Arctic Tern, because of its migratory route, can live two summers a year; it is, of all living beings, the one that receives the most sunlight during its life. It can travel an average of 70,900 km per year and live up to 30 years.