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TIL a Dilemma is a difficult choice between just 2 options, Trilemmas, Quadrilemmas, and so forth exist for more options

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x6NPk TIL the most effective surrender leaflet in WW2 was known as the "Passierschein". It was designed to appeal to German sensibilities for official, fancy documents printed on nice paper with official seals and signatures. It promised safe passage and generous treatment to any who presented it.
Y77W7 TIL Dandelions are not native to North America and are believed to have been introduced from the colonists aboard the Mayflower.
VBAXp TIL the oldest known highrise apartments in Shibam, Yemen, have been constantly rebuilt from mudbrick since the 1500s, and are surrounded by a fortified wall
1K07 TIL that Doctor Who star David Tennant fulfilled concert pianist’s dying wish by using his skull in a performance of Hamlet.
kJBk7 TIL: Howard Hughes invented the prototype pushup bra because he was obsessed with Jane Russell's chest