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TIL museums in Vietnam often leave out periods of Chinese rule, which is a large part of its own history (about 1,100 years)

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Vxym TIL 93% of Indians work in informal, off-the-books jobs, and get paid in cash.
47Ea TIL one of the countermeasures against war elephants was to douse some pigs with oil or resin, set them alight, and drive them towards the enemy’s elephants. The elephants would bolt in terror from the flaming, squealing pigs, often killing great numbers of soldiers by trampling them to death.
Oobbg TIL donating a pint of blood is equivalent to donating a chocolate bar calorie-wise, mainly from the regeneration of 2 TRILLION red blood cells in bone marrow at a rate of 2 million/sec.
0wVa5 TIL Fish & Chips was an aid in winning WWII. Sir Winston Churchill saw the comfort food as a 'good companion' and was a dish that didn't get rationed to keep morale up. On the frontlines, troops calling "fish" and allies calling "chips" was an effective way to tell whether you were friend or foe.
D1J6e TIL that during WW2, the British goverment sent out pamphlets to the public, which led to over 750,000 pets being euthanized.