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TIL only 22 countries have not been invaded or attacked by Britain

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woMoE TIL There are over 700 different brands of bottled water sold in the United States
laAa TIL cookies came from bakers making small “test cakes” to test the temperature of wood-fired ovens
YpopW TIL that during the Second Liberian Civil War, Women creatively protested the war by refusing to have sex until the men set aside weapons, and threatened to take off clothes during a peace talk unless an agreement was reached.
nW6x9 TIL the United States and the Soviet Union were technically separated by a mere 3.7 km, and a woman swam between them in 1987, earning praise from the leaders of both countries
kOMd7 TIL the phrase “Bury the Hatchet” comes from a centuries-old practice seen among the Native American tribes of North America. Chiefs would meet and bury their weapons as a symbolic gesture of peace, “…buried so far into the earth so as to never be seen again.”