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TIL the vindaloo curry is based on a Portuguese dish, carne de vinha d'alhos.

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X04l6 TIL the map of a Fly Brain closely matched the architecture used in current AI models
1akoO TIL the first known appearance of the phrase "Taco Tuesday" is in the October 16, 1933, edition of the El Paso Herald-Post, in an advertisement for the White Star Cafeteria at the St. Regis Hotel.
D1NBe TIL Adolf Hitler made France surrender on the train car where Germany originally signed the armistice with France in 1918.
NXymb TIL that 90% of drowning cases occur in freshwaters rather than in salt water.
1lG7 TIL that 2 days before Christmas 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson paid a visit to Pope Paul VI where they exchanged unique gifts. While LBJ received a stunning 15th century painting from Pope Paul VI, the pope himself received a foot high, bronze bust of Johnson’s head.