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TIL that Estonia is developing the world’s first Digital Nomad Visa that will allow people who do the majority of their work online to work and travel in Estonia for up to 365 days.

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ANLO7 TIL: Medieval European cuisine used to be more complex and flavorful. However, once spice became cheap and readily available to the poor, the elites started taking spices out of European cooking as they didn't want to be associated with the poor. This trend had lasting effects on European cuisine.
OWdY TIL that Huntington Hartford inherited the equivalent of $1.3 Billion at age 12, and ended up bankrupt, through a combination of bad business decisions, art patronship, and an exceptionally lavish lifestyle
jrbv TIL there is a theory that suggests the years AD 614–911 did not occur and that in fact the Holy Roman Emperor, Otto III, directed chroniclers to fabricate historical records and figures, such as Charlemagne, for these years. If thought to be true, it would currently be AD 1716, not 2013.
Zp5GG TIL that six ginkgo trees survived the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and are still alive today.
8wA4 TIL the day before 9/11, current secretary of defense announced that the pentagon could not account for $2.3 trillion dollars