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TIL The croissant is not really French. It was inspired by the Austrian kipfel that dates back to at least 1227.

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rRN41 TIL of a condition called "synesthesia", where different senses associate with each other. E.G a number can have a colour, or a sound can have a smell
Y7JbZ TIL that when Pope John Paul II visited Phoenix, he held mass at Sun Devil Stadium, which had all images and textual mentions of the Sun Devil mascot and nickname removed or covered for the occasion.
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