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TIL The Silk Road was often used for slave trade
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gMbvy
TIL Amsterdam would rather people pee on a crowded street corner than in a hidden spot. Why wouldn’t they put them somewhere else?
EQ50
TIL one of the rarest beers in the world is sold from an abbey in northern Belgium. It is produced only once a month and in limited quantities. In order to buy from the monks, you have to call a hotline and set up an appointment. It is widely renowned as one of the best beers in the world.
d8R1B
TIL of the Lost Scottish Clan of Gurro in Northern Italy. The claim is that retreating Scottish Guardsmen from a defeated French Army stopped in town and recreated their ways there, which remained preserved to this day.
EdwP
TIL the tradition of “women and children first” protocol is a legacy from the Birkenhead, a ship that ran into a dangerous reef, and whose soldiers famously stood firm allowing the women and children to board the boats safely as there were not enough serviceable lifeboats for all the passengers.
KnaB
TIL that many human ailments, such as lower back pain, hernias, prolapsed uteruses and our susceptibility to sinus infections result directly from the fact that we now walk upright with a body that was shaped to walk on all fours.