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TIL President Nixon’s favorite meal was cottage cheese mixed with ketchup.

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m5Qy TIL of Karl von Müller, Captain of the German WWI vessel the SMS Emden, who would allow the passengers of the enemy merchant ships time to gather their belongings and abandon the ship before sinking it.
7AbZ TIL that there is a society in India where men are the weaker sex and desire equality. The youngest daughter inherits, children take their mother’s surname, and once married, men live in their mother-in-law’s home.
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78Y6Z TIL that there were actually two German Kings called Henry the seventh. When writing about them one is called Henry (VII.) and one Henry VII. In German the former is actually called "Heinrich der Klammersiebte" which translates to "Henry the bracketed seventh".