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TIL That When Monopoly was introduced to communist Czechoslovakia, private businesses were illegal and mortgages didn’t exist, so they turned it into a horse racing variant

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x65G0 TIL that not all food allergies induce anaphylaxis or produce immediate symptoms - a certain class of allergic reaction called "Non-IgE-mediated food allergy" causes symptoms similar instead to food poisoning, often not for several hours after a meal has been eaten
X0V0P TIL Before the Battle of Stamford Bridge, King Harold Godwinson offered his traitor brother, supporting the Norse under Harald Hardrada, his earldom back if he would betray Harald. When asked by his brother what he would give Hardrada for his trouble, Godwinson replied "Seven feet of English ground"
J1VMm TIL two pilots had their licenses revoked after participating in a failed stunt. While mid-flight, the pilots attempted to plane swap by skydiving from one aircraft to the other. Only one completed it. The other landed by parachute after being unable to enter the opposite plane, causing it crash.
M7oka TIL of The Novgorod Codex. It is the oldest book of Kievan Rus', unearthed on 13 July 2000 in Novgorod. It is a palimpsest consisting of three bound wooden tablets containing four pages filled with wax, on which its former owner wrote down dozens, probably hundreds of texts.
5VDRQ TIL that Tommy Wiseau made another movie last year, that nobody's talked about, and I'm dying to know if it has cult status potential