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TIL about Nancy Dupree, an American-born woman who became known as the 'grandmother of Afghanistan.' Moving there in 1962 as a diplomat's wife, she spent the rest of her life in and around the country, collecting and saving documents and eventually founding a new library of Afghan history

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GADdE TIL that banoffee pie was created in 1971 at the Hungry Monk Restaurant in the UK. The chef and owner of the restaurant were trying to replicate a San Francisco recipe for Blum's Coffee Toffee Pie. They added banana to one version of the recipe and it proved very popular with their customers.
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