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TIL that the clementine was discovered by a missionary Catholic priest who served in French Algeria

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QNRAa TIL that the bus service from London, England to Calcutta, India (now Kolkata) was considered to be the longest bus route in the world. The bus service, which started in 1957, was routed to India via Belgium, Yugoslavia and North Western India.This route is also known as the Hippie Route.
X0kmr TIL that French philosopher and mathematician, René Descartes, invented the x,y graph coordinate system and introduced a raised number to indicate an exponet
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b9QO9 TIL that Earth Day co-founder beaten, killed, and composted girlfriend when she threatened to leave him
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