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TIL Northen Ireland segregates Irish nationalist and unionist neighbourhoods through so-called “peace walls”, some of which can go on for miles.

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kJVb1 TIL Taoism merged with Zen Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto to create Japan’s philosophy that wasn’t a philosophy: bushido. The version of bushido that dominates include honor, ritual suicide, and self-sacrifice
wQ7J TIL Alaska was never meant to be separated from the rest of the United States, but would be linked when British Columbia also joined. Instead, the Alaska Purchase compelled British Columbia to join the Canadian Confederation 3 months later.
oWA8 TIL “Tom and Jerry” was a British slang term from the 1800’s, meaning “to fight and cause trouble”.
nlQB TIL that Costco sells a bulk supply of food that lasts ONE YEAR.
KOE5J TIL in 2016, "a boy was killed and 20 others infected by anthrax released when retreating permafrost exposed the frozen carcass of a reindeer killed by the bacteria at least 75 years earlier; 2,000 present-day reindeer were infected, too, carrying and spreading the disease further."