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TIL: There is no legal mechanism for divorce in the Philippines, except for Muslim men

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VMD5p TIL about the three grand soups, a Japanese term referring to the 3 best soups in the world: Borscht, Bouillabaisse, shark fin soup, and tom yam kung. There is no consensus about which of the 3 out of 4 are the true grand soups.
PYxoe TIL Erik the Red was a Viking who was exiled from Norway for murder so he moved to Iceland but again was exiled for murder. So he took 500 men & women, founded Greenland, & declared himself chieftain.
v18yj TIL at the Maxi Trial, the largest ever trial against the Sicilian Mafia, there was a specially constructed bunker to house the proceedings that was strong enough to resist a missile attack, just to protect against Mafia interference.
4kOwJ TIL that Ace Hardware Corporation, now the world's largest hardware retail cooperative and the largest non-grocery American retail cooperative, was created in 1924 when three entrepreneurs united their Chicago hardware stores into “Ace Stores,” named after the ace fighter pilots of World War I.
grLvW TIL that Edinburgh’s Old Town has underground streets where people used to live