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TIL Erik the Red (Exiled from Iceland) named Greenland to make it sound more appealing and attract settlers to build a community.

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p8gpG TIL vanilla extract is required to be at least 35% alcohol
D1vmY TIL that a Russian Defector (GRU officer Stanislav Lunev) has alleged that small nuclear weapons have been secretly pre-positioned in the U.S. to be used for sabotage by Russia′s agents in the event of a nuclear war.
X0OXr TIL of the St Patrick's Battalion, a unit of the Mexican Army, was composed mainly of Irish Catholic immigrants who deserted the U.S. Army to fight for Mexico, due to sympathy for the Mexican cause based on similarities between the situations in Mexico and Ireland.
JaKQ TIL that in Santiago in Chile you can get your coffee “con piernas” (with legs) ie. served by waitresses in very skimpy clothes.
41ww TIL Myopia is extremely uncommon among nonhuman primates but researchers can easily induce it by depriving infant monkeys of normal outdoor lighting levels. Outdoor lighting is usually about 100 times more intense than what you get inside