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TIL Amazon Alexa comes equipped with a library of 42 different fart sounds

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R7WOj TIL: When the Nazis and the Vichy government began arresting and deporting the Jews, Si Kaddour Benghabrit Imam of Grand Mosque de Paris made it a sanctuary for endangered Jews. By offering them shelter; and giving them fake identity certificates, to prove they were Muslims, not Jews.
yQXQv TIL the Chihuahua (dog) was bred for food and as a heat pad by the ancient Aztecs and Mayas
W7Nl9 TIL: During 7/7, the US Army Band played the UK anthem outside the British/DC embassy in remembrance of the victims. This mirrored the Queen Guards' performing the US anthem outside Buckingham palace on September 13, 2001 in remembrance of the victims of 9/11
NXeLN TIL the Tsar Bell has been destroyed in fires twice. The current version is the largest bell in the world, and has never been rung. However, students at UC Berkeley simulated it's ring in 2016.
4k4rg TIL that Salvatore Schillaci, top scorer of 1990 world cup with six goals, had only seven international goals in his record.