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TIL the difference between a “gift” and a “present” is that a present must be “presented.”

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D1Ryj TIL that the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable was completed in 1858 and the first telegram was sent from Queen Victoria to the president of the United States. It was destroyed a month later due to the application of excessive voltage.
gEm7 TIL that despite receiving scholarships from both Harvard and Yale, Nixon declined the offer so that he could manage the family store while his mother took care of his sick brother
P14yO TIL, some frogs can hiss
BDkW TIL since 1974, South Korea has discovered four tunnels dug by North Korea with black-painted walls to make them look like coal mines.
ADNPd TIL North Korea has a Central Bureau of Statistics. Very little is known about the bureau or its staff, and even its ability to compose accurate statistics is in dispute. Their accuracy has been disputed by various United Nations organizations and foreign observers