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Today I learned how to say "my hovercraft is full of eels" in Latvian.

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W79bo TIL that the First Image of an Medieval Chastity Belt was From a Treatise on Siege Warfare and Torture Devices - In Reality, Chastity Belts Likely Never Existed.
gD1L TIL an illegally imported DVD of Titanic helped North Korean defector Yeonmi Park realize the oppressive nature of the North Korean government and gave her “a taste of freedom”
Yp8Gd TIL witches were never depicted with green skin before the 1939 Wizard of Oz film. Witches were commonly depicted as red or orange beforehand. The Wicked Witch of the West was not described as green in the book, and she was only made green in the film because it looked really good in technicolor.
nRoG TIL the state drink of Pennsylvania is milk and its state food is chocolate chip cookies
10oV TIL that for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, one of the stadiums is being built in the northern district of Ash-Shamal (348 sq. miles), with a population less than 8,000 people. The stadium being built seats 45,330 people.