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TIL: Completed in 2007, Moscow now has a whole extra Kremlin. This one's mostly for shopping.

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LkBvQ TIL a Norman army of 500 men abandoned their encampment due to being "tormented by tarantula spiders"
gMmYW TIL that the Earl of Sandwich, the man of which the snack is named after, enjoyed poker so much he refused to leave the table in Nov. 3, 1762. When he grew hungry, he asked a servant for a slice of meat which he then put between two slices of bread so he wouldn't smear his cards and hands with food.
RbWa TIL that someone build a working hydrolic computer to simulate an economic model, with water flow to represent money flow
awX7N TIL that the stars on the American flag are not just decorations but represent the 50 semi autonomous provinces of the USA (called 'states') . The flag changes each time a new 'state' is added to the USA it was lasted amended in 1960 when Hawaii became a 'state'.
Bgd8K TIL Due to a WWII shortage of copper, the US military requested over 14,000 tons of silver for electromagnetic coils to help enrich uranium. The Treasury department loaned them 12,300 tons. Later, over 99.964% of the silver was returned.