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TIL that reason weed is illegal was due to Americans not understanding that marijuana is spanish for Cannabis

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d6xE TIL North Korea’s overall military power is actually ranked weaker than Canada, Australia, and even Switzerland.
WkMXN TIL a Japanese sushi chain CEO majorly contributed to a drop in piracy off the Somalian coast by providing the pirates with training as tuna fishermen
N7bb6 TIL FDR's White House housekeeper, Henrietta Nesbitt, was a legendarily awful cook. “Of course Henrietta did not personally do the cooking,” wrote a former WH maid, “but she stood over the cooks, making sure that each dish was overcooked or undercooked or ruined one way or another.”
0wR61 TIL of a Polish pilot who, after being shot down during the Battle of Britain, landed in a country club and proceeded to play and win a game a tennis before an RAF truck came to pick him up.
oBx0Y TIL For at least 15 years (2000-2015) LEGOs were/are a better investment than gold