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TIL The oldest archeological discovery of soup in Chinese history, believed to be 2400 years old, was found in the ancient capital of Xian

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EADX TIL that Hitler disguised English-speaking soldiers as Allied troops and used them to cut telephone wires, change road signs, and cause general confusion. They were trained in American general knowledge, such as who Mickey Mouse’s girlfriend was, and what the capitals of states were.
OoOB4 TIL that David Blair was originally assigned as the Second Officer on the Titanic, but due to a change just before the sailing, was not on the crew. In his quick departure, he accidentally kept a key to a locker containing binoculars, thus preventing the crew from using them to help spot icebergs.
0WKp TIL 70% of adult raccoons carry a parasite that will eat your brains and eyeballs.
X0pB6 TIL about Dorilocos, a street food snack from Mexico that incorporates Dorito nacho cheese chips mixed with pork rinds, jicama, cucumbers, carrots, peanuts, lime juice, hot sauce, chili powder and even gummy bears. It is a variant of Tostilocos which is made with Tostitos.
kOPN1 TIL that two French inventors who had never heard of each other before presented nearly identical techniques for producing color photographs on the same day in 1869 to the French Society for Photography.