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TIL before World War I, most people did not have or need an identity document.

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wLRZJ TIL - In 2010, French cuisine earned a spot on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The "gastronomic meal of the French" is alongside other embodiments of "intangible" cultural heritage, including Peking opera and Corsican polyphonic chant, on UNESCO's list celebrating world art forms and traditions.
a6MZ TIL there is a bacteria that literately excretes pure gold
oDvY TIL Scientists have created a sonic “tractor beam” that can pull, push and pirouette objects that levitate in thin air.
a8QBy TIL pro football player Ty’Ran Dixon was jailed for 67 days, including 21 days in solitary confinement, after being mistaken for murder suspect Tyren Dickson, despite no resemblance, no evidence, and an alibi placing him 80+ miles away at a college football game during the crime.
JkD1 TIL that the Western Egyptian Siwa Oasis had historical acceptance of male homosexuality and even rituals celebrating same-sex marriage - traditions that modern Egyptian authorities have sought to repress