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TIL That the Olympic torch relay was invented by the Nazis as a way for Hitler to spread Nazi influence to other countries

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VMZK0 TIL that in the 1790s a meteorite about 10 tonnes in mass crashed into what is now the suburbs of Melbourne Australia. No white people saw it, but the Boon Wurrung aboriginal people did and it was a source of profound feelings for them. Later, white people stole it and sent it to a London museum.
mRlM TIL there is another Canada. The small town in Minnesota called Little Canada, flies a Canadian flag next to It’s US flag and they even celebrate Canada Day. Sadly it doesn’t have a Tim Hortons yet.
WkbkN TIL: The book titled 20 Slices doesn't use paper for its pages. It's made of cheese. It has become trendy among college librarians to acquire it for their academic collections. Some copies get stored not on regular bookshelves but instead in the staff fridge.
W7BaB TIL that the Inca civilization used quipu — knotted cords — as a system to record numerical data such as census and accounting information.
vPOO7 Today i learned that Margaret Thatcher threatened to nuke Buenos Aires if the French did not give the codes to disable Exocet missiles.