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TIL of the mbira, a musical instrument of the Zimbabwean Shona people that's like a mini handheld piano/xylophone

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VMkB0 TIL that in the Middle Ages, European dishes were much more rich with complex flavors and spices. This only changed when those spices became available to the lower class and the upper class decided that said spices and dishes were no longer “fashionable”.
PYNre TIL that Archibald Roosevelt,son of President Teddy Roosevelt,was wounded during WW1. He rejoined the army during WW2 and was wounded in the same knee as he had been during WW1,making him only American to ever be classified as 100% disabled twice for the same wound incurred in two different wars.
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