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TIL Crows remember faces and hold grudges

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e0X7L TIL of Georgi Dimitrov, an influential Bulgarian antifascists communist. In 1933 he was arrested by Nazis following the Reichstag fire. He refused juridical counsel, and his defense and conduct became so famous a popular saying spread: "There is only one brave man in Germany, and he is a Bulgarian."
LkRxp TIL Fondue was popularized in Switzerland by the Swiss Cheese Union as a ploy to increase cheese consumption. They created and promoted recipes for the ""spiritual defence of Switzerland".
Z8gYp TIL:1885 the King of Belgium established a fake charity & got international agreement to let it have control of an India-sized chunk of Africa. For years he fooled the world that he was helping Africans, while he was really enslaving people & made roughly $1 billion. At least two million people died
PY0NJ TIL that when the Hope Diamond was sent to the Smithsonian, it was sent through U.S. Mail in a box wrapped in brown paper as simple registered mail with $2.44 postage.
yJbp TIL The actor who played Ralphie in “A Christmas Story” was the executive producer of “Iron Man”