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TIL China bought their first aircraft carrier by sending an official in a gambler disguise to deceiving the Ukraine officials into thinking he would use the carrier solely as a floating casino.

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mZJx TIL at Gettysburg’s 50th reunion in 1913, a Union and a Confederate soldier stood where their regiments had fought and buried a hatchet.
KnNQ TIL that the dating system “BP” (before present/before physics) starts in 1950, because nuclear weapons testing changed the carbon isotopes in the atmosphere, making dating after that time unreliable.
epdjn TIL France has its longest border towards Brazil.
bj80 TIL of an Indonesian myth about Hainuwele, a girl who magically defecated valuable objects before being buried alive.
Xdxk TIL that in 1795, Napoleon offered a prize to anyone who could invent a way to preserve food and make it portable. A Parisian confectioner spent 15 years experimenting and won the prize.