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TIL The Dutch Brought Cookies to America.
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TIL about the Mathematician Fry Lewis Richardson who discovered that it is impossible to measure the length of coastlines in a meaningful manner. This so-called Coastline Paradox later led to the creation of the field of Fractal Geometry.
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TIL That during World War II, The Russian Red Army fought 75%-80% of Nazi forces deployed during the war.
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TIL in the 50-plus year history of the Japanese bullet train system, carrying over 5.3 billion passengers, there has been not a single passenger fatality or injury due to train accidents.
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TIL An “ultracrepidarian” is somebody who gives opinions on subjects they know nothing about.
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TIL that between 2010-2015, the life expectancy in Botswana, due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, dropped from 70.7 years to only 31.6 years.