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TIL Nicaragua once invaded Costa Rica because of a Google Maps Error

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bkd7 TIL that the company that created Zyklon B, the gas that was used to kill millions of Jews in the Holocaust, still exists, it is currently a pest control company.
M78D8 TIL that 19th-century doctors fabricated “bicycle face” to discourage women from cycling
velK TIL: That A Man Renovating His Home In 1963 He Discovered A Tunnel… To A Massive Underground City.
4X8kb TIL the Aztec language “Nahuatl” was also spoken throughout the American Southwest. From it are derived words like “Coyote” and “Peyote”. It’s still spoken in much of Mexico.
6ErEm TIL: The ancient Romans used a plant called Silphium as an effective contraceptive. It was worth more than gold and was driven to extinction