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TIL that Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the only two "doubly landlocked" countries in the world.

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ADp8B TIL that uncooked spaghetti always break into more than two parts, a curious fact that already baffled Nobel-prize winning physicist Richard Feynman. The riddle was only solved last year by scientists who managed to make spaghetti snap into only two parts with a trick.
JYl4B TIL Coca-Cola was created as an alternative to Morphine. It was also the first soft drink consumed in space.
VBOB TIL in the Middle Ages it was thought that the left testicle made sperm for girls. Men wanting sons would have it removed.
8aovX TIL that the big four artificial sweeteners - Saccharine, Cyclamate, Aspartame and Sucralose - were all discovered after scientists accidentally tasted the chemicals.
ANx0n TIL at Germany’s Klaasohm festival on Borkum Island, masked men traditionally chased women and beat them with a cow horn, a ritual linked to whaling history. After public outrage and political intervention, the practice was abolished.