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TIL that a line house is a building located so that an international border passes through it

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oB7nA TIL in 1343, while laying siege to a Genoese outpost, a Mongolian army fell ill With plague. During withdrawal, they catapulted the diseased bodies into the city. The inhabitants then also fell ill, and the merchants in the city went on to spread the plague to Constantinople and ultimately Europe.
Qx4X TIL a London borough has invented a public bench that perfectly repels graffiti, skateboarders, litter, rough sleepers and even rain. [seen in r/London]
4kJ8J TIL "late capitalism" was coined by Werner Sombart, a Marxist economist who later became a strong supporter of Hitler's National Socialism as the successor to late capitalism
b9W6p TIL That the mushroom Mario eats is called a Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria). It contains a psychoactive property where the individual experiences micropsia (a condition where objects appear smaller than they actually are, making you feel larger as a consequence).
VMxYm Today I learned Prairie dogs kiss to recognise each other