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TIL the Georgian word for "Father" is pronounced similar to the English "Mama"

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0gpy TIL Vice investigated how easy it is to acquire nuclear weapons on the black market, and got as far as an exchange for acquiring a nuclear “Dirty bomb”
bJK7 TIL that Jadwiga of Poland (d. 1399) was a female king. Polish law had no provision for a female ruler (queen regnant), but did not specify that kings had to be male.
6NgJ TIL you can monitor the location of every large ship in the world, in real-time
R7Kg7 TIL Operation Condor was a US backed intelligence operation in South America to squash Soviet influence. More than 400,000 people were taken as prisoners and 60,000-80,000 were killed.
9wdQ6 TIL in 2001, Mattel made a vibrating Harry Potter broomstick that led to many questionable Amazon user reviews. They discontinued the toy after adult stores in Times Square started selling them for twice their original retail price