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TIL the Vietnam War is known in Vietnam as the American War

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VpN4 TIL you can buy miniature cows and bulls for pets, and they only grow to 1m in height.
MenNm TIL the most productive country in the world is Luxembourg, where they have an average work week of 29 hours (4 days/week).
5kA9 TIL Tom Marvolo Riddle’s name had to be translated into 68 languages, while still being an anagram for “I am Lord Voldemort”, or something of equal meaning.
yVrel TIL that the famous plane hijacker known as D. B. Cooper was jokingly asked by a flight attendant on duty during the hijacking if he would give her some of his ransom money. He happily offered her some, but she declined citing the airline's policy against accepting tips from passengers.
eOZD TIL Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, sexually assaulted a woman who then fell pregnant with his child. Following the child’s birth, the woman was placed in a mental asylum and Cleveland went onto to become governor of New York, known as “Grover the Good”.