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TIL: Algeria was once the #1 export of wine, pre-dating Roman rule and accounted for nearly two-thirds of international trade, until the mid 20th century.

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1YEO TIL on the night of the first script read through for The Princess Bride, Andre the Giant got so drunk he passed out in the hotel lobby. Staff were unable to move him so they set up velvet ropes around him and told the maids not to vacuum.
EAoP TIL cows with personal names like Betsy give 5% more milk than cows with no name or impersonal names like “cow 12345”
Om4R TIL over the age of 40, feet can grow over half a shoe size every 10 years.
0wnZN TIL there's a portion of America only accessible by land through Manitoba, Canada with a population of 60.
RRP6 TIL “Ye olde” is pronounced “The old” (not “yee old”). “y” - pronounced “th” - was an English printer’s abbreviation/substitution for the Runic alphabet’s thorn (þ), a character also used in Medieval English.