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Today I learned about The Lavon Affair. It blew my mind.

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PxPn TIL, In 1242, all of Western Europe could have been destroyed had the Mongol horde’s leader, Ögedei Khan, not died of alcohol poisoning during a hunting trip; forcing the horde to return to Mongolia to choose a new Khan.
8QXG TIL that D.A.R.E., the education program that seeks to prevent use of controlled drugs, has dropped all mention of marijuana from its curriculum as of December 2012.
0dpap Today I learned that genuine wasabi is rare and likely not even served in most high-end sushi restaurants. Apparently the real deal is difficult to grow as it’s quite picky and takes approx. three years to mature.
dDy8B TIL that the chainsaw was created in the 18th century and was originally designed as a medical device and more precisely (debated) to cut open womens' pelvises for childbirth.
lPM7 TIL The vikings used a stone to be able to tell what direction the sun was in, even when the sun wasn’t visible, and we may have found one.