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TIL Norway had a nationwide butter crisis where a package of butter cost 50$

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BDRL TIL of a man who was Jesus’ contemporary who performed miracles, healed the sick, rose from the dead, and preached love and kindness, but whose popularity never took off
E1oLx TIL that after a horse ran into No Man's Land during World War I and got shot, French soldiers decided to replace it with a fake papier-mache horse with a sniper inside. He also had a telephone wire so he could message back to the trenches on enemy movement. The ploy was discovered after three days.
l7YN TIL there is a variant of chess called “Singularity Chess” played on a board distorted in the center. Due to the distortion, some pieces can make U-turns, attack the same square multiple ways, and bishops can change square colors.
R5MN9 TIL the chemical reaction that turns food brown when cooking is called the Maillard Reaction and occurs around 140-160°C or 280-330°F
a8wgJ TIL that Genghis khan killed approximately 10% of the population, or 40 million people, during his lifetime.