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TIL Archeologists excavating burial sites from 4000 BC have discovered clay pots repaired with glue made from tree sap.

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R5dZj TIL that the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba 🇦🇼, Bonaire 🇧🇶 & Curaçao 🇨🇼 speak a Portuguese-based Creole with heavy Spanish influence called Papiamento as their main & most spoken language, with 400.000 total speakers. Dutch is a 2nd or 3rd language for most locals.
E14XW TIL that Russia and Japan have not officially ended World War II.
B5Yy TIL Abraham Lincoln once told a speech so powerful and intriguing that all the reporters simply forgot to take notes and the contents of Lincoln’s speech remains unknown.
LQMrd TIL that a Third-Pounder burger failed because the average American did not understand that 1/3 was larger than 1/4.
GYaOQ TIL that in 1853 the US sent military ships to Japan and ordered them to open trade to the US or face military action.