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TIL Finland was the only country to pay off its WWI debt to the US, and finished in 1976.

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GWO4 TIL the SR-71 Blackbird outran nearly 4000 missiles fired at it during its service life.
OGEQ4 TIL the smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal. When grass is cut, it releases compounds called green leaf volatiles, which signal injury and can attract predators of plant-eating insects.
neJ59 TIL about Buckfast--a wine brewed by some of the last Benedictine monks in Britain, sold as a tonic in UK pharmacies, and known infamously in Scotland as "Wreck the Hoose Juice" where it was associated with >40% of all violent crime there in 2015
LQxer TIL that not only is the Vatican City a country, but it is also the world’s smallest country by both area and population
6EZdY TIL that up until 1994 in the UK, it was illegal for shops to open on a Sunday