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TIL Christians are heavily persecuted in Egypt, with restrictions on even minor repairs to churches, and recurring bouts of violence directed toward them

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e0YQJ TIL that the Manchurian plague outbreak of 1910-11 was incredibly deadly, with a near-100% fatality rate, and marked the first time that PPE including cloth masks were used on a significant scale to contain an epidemic
e0xyE TIL that the little girl who inspired the AMBER alert’s murder was never solved. Her murder led to the rescue of thousands of children in its wake.
l774G TIL Sake is more like beer than wine. Beer = water, yeast, hops, malted grain. Sake = water, yeast, rice fermented by Koji fungus (same stuff that turns soybeans into miso)
AlK7 Today I learned that the price of admission for a zoo in 18th century England was a dog or a cat, which were fed to the lions
wLwnM TIL about The Government Pension Fund of Norway, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. It was established to invest the surplus revenues of the Norwegian petroleum sector. Today it has over 1 trillion USD in assets, including 1.3% of all global stocks and shares.