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TIL the Mathematical proof that 1+1=2 takes 162 pages Principia Mathematica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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d89p9 TIL that one of the first synthetic dyes, Perkin's Mauve, was discovered by William Perkin after his professor challenged the then-18-year-old to synthesise the anti-malarial quinine.
1AyW TIL coffee comes from an edible fruit. The coffee cherry is sweet and tastes like watermelon, rosewater, and hibiscus all at once.
OKXg TIL of the Bosnian Romeo and Juliet. They were killed by snipers on 19 May 1993, while trying to cross the Vrbanja bridge to the Serb-occupied territory of Grbavica
KgLB TIL that in 1968 Disney made a film entitled “Family Planning” in which Donald Duck told Hispanic people to stop having so many children
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