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TIL that the official name of Porto, Portugal is “The Ancient, Very Noble, Ever Loyal and Undefeated City of Porto”

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ebpD TIL that a physicist was threatened with 80 years in prison for “sharing U.S secretes” with China. It was later found that he had permission to share the info, and had even been asked by the National Science Foundation to form a coalition with other Chinese scientists.
NXJe TIL in 1939, the Nazis had named their annual rally the “Rally of Peace”, to reiterate to the German people & the world their desire for peace. But it was cancelled on short notice. Why? One day before the scheduled “Rally of Peace”, Germany attacked Poland and ignited WWII
78rVP TIL you're more likely to find precisely the exact same molecule again hidden anywhere on or in Earth than shuffling a deck of cards into an order that isn't new.
M7Jm8 TIL Werner Herzog threatened to shoot Klaus Kinski—and then himself—on the set of Aguirre, the Wrath of God to prevent Kinski from walking off the job.
78RRO TIL that sufferers of Carbon Dioxide build-up will experience the follow symptoms: Breathlessness, diziness, confusion and disorientation, headaches, muscle twitching and hand flapping, panic, hyperventilation, convulsions, unconsciousness, and finally, death.