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TIL that public holidays in Greece include the "Day of the No,'" which honors Greece's refusal to surrender to the Axis Powers in 1940

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YpYRd TIL of Maurice Herzog, the french mountaineer who summited Annapurna 1 first in 1950, the deadliest 8000 meter mountain with a 32% death rate. Not only was this the first 8000 meter peak summited, but also the only 8000 meter peak conquered on its first attempt.
yQaop TIL Humans as individuals are becoming more peaceful individually, but as a group we create increasingly more devastating threats of violence.
rRvZ0 TIL the Beryozka or Berezka Dance Ensemble is a troupe of female dancers in Russia, wearing long gowns and move in very small steps on very low half-toe with the body held in a certain corresponding position, so the dancers appear as floating or moving on wheels.
M7YQA TIL Web Development Isn't As Easy As They Make It To Be
8a7kK TIL a French beekeeper trained bees to produce honey out of resin from marijuana plants