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TIL that Singapore’s street food is so good that some street vendors are awarded Michelin stars for their food!

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LQQEp TIL about the Battle of Graveney Marsh. In 1940, a German bomber was shot down over England, with it crash-landing near Graveney. The crew initially refused to surrender, and opened fire on approaching british troops. After a short battle, the german troops surrendered
WxpA TIL Abraham Lincoln was such an accomplished wrestler that once, after disposing of an opponent with a single toss, he stepped to the center of the mob that had gathered and shouted, “Any of you want to try it, come on and whet your horns!”
51pQ TIL that in China it’s disrespectful to name your children after your relatives because you’ll spend much of your life talking down to a child with the same name as someone you should be respecting.
9w7OD TIL Nellie Bly, the journalist who went undercover as a patient to investigate a mental health asylum, was also the same person to first travel the world in under 80 days
1aDDD TIL of the Guano Islands Act of 1856; a US law that enabled citizens to claim unclaimed islands containing guano (bird excrement) in the name of the United States- due to its use as a fertilizer.