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TIL Belgium Is Home to the World’s Only Sourdough Library

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RPr9 TIL American Hip Hop Duo Eric B. & Rakim sued Def Jam Island Music Group in 2003 because they were not paid in full for their work on their debut album, Paid in Full.
OonnL TIL World War I was the first war in which mass media and propaganda played a significant role. It was one the keys in convincing people to fight in the war. At the start of the war the British cut Germany’s undersea cables to influence the reporting of the war to the world.
vPv8B TIL about the Battle of Crysler’s Farm where a British-Canadian force managed to hold off an American army nearly 10x their size.
mxLOY TIL Alfred Nobel considered naming dynamite "Nobel's Safety Powder"
Z8xNo TIL that Mr. Robot actor Rami Malek has an identical twin called Sami Malek, who works as a teacher. They occasionally swap places.