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TIL that Kyoto, the former capital of Japan, just means “capital city” and Tokyo means “eastern capital”

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MekNB TIL that the first man to survive a fall off of Niagara falls in a barrel died slipping on an orange peel
QeBe TIL A fictitious soft drink was created to prove the effectiveness of advertising on buses. So many people started demanding it that the drink actually starting being made by restaurants and soft drink companies
DQQRv TIL the painting Las Meninas is one of the most analyzed works in western art. Critics have called it the “theology of painting” and “true philosophy of art”. It’s influenced many artists including Goya and Sargent. Picasso was so obsessed with the painting he executed 58 different interpretations.
GYXe4 TIL The British town of Berwick-upon-Tweed was, due to a bureaucratic error, left out of the Crimean War Peace Treaty between Great Britain and Russia. Upon Berwick's eventual signing of a peace treaty 110 years later, then-Mayor declared: “Tell the Russians they can sleep easy in their beds.”
JONk TIL people who are allergic to latex are likely to also be allergic to kiwi fruit and mango.