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TIL brazil declared war on germany in WW1

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Ej8o TIL that treason is the only crime defined in the US Constitution. It is almost never prosecuted, because (unlike espionage) it requires a confession or two witnesses to the act.
P170n TIL that bacon and eggs weren't considered breakfast foods until the 20's, when Sigmund Freud's nephew was hired by a packing company to create a marketing campaign to increase bacon sales.
R7wwj TIL politician Stacey Abrams writes romance novels under the pen name Selena Montogomery, and has sold 100,000 copies.
xVgP5 TIL There's a company in England that makes ice cream from breast milk.
bGpp TIL Albert Einstein once received a letter from a girl lamenting that she couldn’t be scientist because of her gender. He responded, “I do not mind that you are a girl, but the main thing is that you yourself do not mind. There is no reason for it.”