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TIL At One Point in Time, Vietnam and Japan Shared the Same Name for Their Capital Cities (東京 - Eastern Capital) Đông Kinh and Tokyo

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9wVN6 TIL about the Levon Affair, a false flag operation in Egypt committed by Israeli intelligence. The bombings were to be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood. Incriminating evidence was found in the apartment of one of the agents whose bomb prematurely ignited.
6EGjQ TIL that most people like the color orange less and less as they grow older
jkWE TIL there is actually a pepper hotter than the Ghost Chili. The new record holder is called the Carolina Reaper, and rates an average of 1,569,300 Scoville units.
koPd TIL the Canadian Foreskin Awareness Program is known as CAN-FAP
9wdXX TIL one of the largest lynchings in US history occurred in Los Angeles; only six of several hundred were convicted, all were acquitted or released.