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TIL Winston Churchill had very disturbing and disparaging views on race, especially regarding Indians.

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8Jg8 TIL that 900 workers have died in their mission to build the infrastructure for 2022 UEFA World Cup in Qatar. If the deathrate continue to be as high, at least 4000 workers will die before the actual event begins.
ZpdbB TIL Up until the late 19th century in Naples, pasta was a street food eaten with bare hands. People would tilt back their head and lower the pasta into their open mouths, often one uninterrupted fistful after another. Tourists would come to Naples just to watch the locals eat in the streets.
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DGyp TIL that Canada and Denmark are in territorial dispute over Hans Island. Their “war” consists of removing the other country’s flag, planting theirs, and leaving a bottle of brandy or whiskey behind.
R761Q TIL at one point in the Cultural Revolution in China, factories churned out 50 million Mao badges a month. So much aluminum was diverted to those badges that by 1969 Mao himself had to step in, demanding "give me back my airplanes."