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TIL of Zao Village, Japan, where foxes are allowed to go where they please

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Br7xD TIL that a baby prince from Khawarizam (Persia) was sold as a slave after the Mongols invaded their land and killed his family. He arrived in Egypt and rose among the ranks until he became king. He then lead the army and served the Mongols their biggest defeat in history.
9wgy6 TIL that from 1794-1796, King George III was king of the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom, which was captured during the French Revolutionary Wars and had a democratic constitution and elected parliament
4XO55 TIL of “Born Secret”, a legal principle in the US that classifies any nuclear science information at the moment of discovery, even if it wasn’t discovered by the government or serve any military purpose.
wLnQ8 TIL During his speech at a dinner in Kiev in 1972, President Nixon named Kiev the "City of Golden Gates" and compared it to San Francisco
W761o TIL In 1924, Chin Foin, the wealthiest restaurateur in Chicago’s Chinatown, was found dead at the bottom of the elevator shaft in his business, the Mandarin Inn. His restaurants set a new standard for Chinese restaurants and inspired the first Chinese-American Cookbook.