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TIL that Maldives is the only country where Friday is the first day of the week

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kKe4 TIL that some of the gifts the U.S President has received from foreign countries over the years includes 300 pounds of raw lamb, a puppy, 2 pandas, and a copy of the Witcher 2.
JYGQv TIL the subject of "Christina's World," one of the best-known American paintings of the middle 20th century, was Anna Christina Olson. The artist was inspired after observing her crawling across a field, which was due to her medical conditions- Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, a genetic polyneuropathy.
R5DQl TIL Wisconsin uses cheese brine as a melting agent on their roads!
6407 TIL the reason the Toronto Maple Leafs are not called the Maple “Leaves” is because the name was chosen in honor of the Maple Leaf Regiment from WWI. Since the regiment is a proper noun, its plural is Maple Leafs and not Leaves.
LABV TIL of Japan’s Unit 731, which committed some of the most terrible war crimes in World War II, including human vivisections, innoculation of diseases, and exposure to radiation and poison gas to thousands of innocent Chinese and Russians. These crimes are still denied by the Japanese people today.