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TIL that "sweet paprika" and "paprika" are the same thing.

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QNMRE TIL about Rip. A ww2 search and rescue dog who was awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery in 1945. He was found in Poplar, London, in 1940 by an Air Raid warden, and became the service's first search and rescue dog. He is credited with saving the lives of over 100 people.
mZxR TIL That a shipwreck salvage company called Odyssey found a wreck worth half a BILLION dollars in 2007 (17 tons of silver and gold). They got to keep none of it and had to return it to Spain in 2012 despite it being found in International waters.
dDxg9 TIL the highspeed rail in Indonesia is called "Whoosh"
wXDW TIL the floor plan of The Overlook Hotel in The Shining (1980) is impossible as another indication of Jack’s insanity
GYAnj TIL that M. Robertson in 1898 wrote about a ship named Titan wrecking against an iceberg, just like happened 14 years later to the Titanic