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TIL that the BBC has a Pidgin language site for news

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ANXOn TIL That the first chocolate Advent calendar appeared in 1958, produced by a German company. In 1971 that Cadbury joined the race and launched its own version in the UK. Cadbury produced Advent calendars intermittently from 1972 to 1986, but it wasn’t until 1993 that they finally became a mainstay.
RkYw TIL the Dalai Lama supports abortion in cases where the child will be retarded or if the birth will create serious problems for the parent.
Jwe8 TIL The richest black woman in the world is no longer Oprah Winfrey, but a Nigerian philanthropist and oil tycoon named Folorunsho Alakija.
epNW6 TIL During the Great Depression the Caterpillar Tractor Company asked William D. Disston to make a tank design based on their tractor chassis, meant to be a cheap alternative to conventional designs. This resulted in the Disston Tank, which was only ever bought and operated by Afghanistan.
78Ynp TIL that Dia de los Muertos, despite popular associations with pre-colonial Aztec culture, may have been almost entirely invented in the 1900s by Mexican nationalists