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TIL the random parts added for effect in model making are called "Greeblies"

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owEA TIL India is the first and only country to have banned the import of foie gras, which is liver from ducks who have food forced down their throats with pipes.
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woNoY TIL about ''execution of nine relations'' from china in which a criminal's spouse, kids, grandkids, parents, grandparents ,cousins, aunts and uncles, inlaws would all be killed. Usually only used in cases of treason though sometimes this was used for crimes as mundane as libel.
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XlgE TIL that Eva Braun’s relationship with Hitler was kept secret from the German people and few knew of her existence.