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TIL that the Netherlands is ranked #2 in the entire world in terms of total food exports.

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GAVrg TIL that Scots law has a third verdict, “Not Proven,” where there is belief that the defendant is guilty, but the Crown has not sufficiently proven guilt. Or, as in the popular saying “Not guilty, but don’t do it again.”
aknM TIL redundant phrases such as “ATM Machine” and “PIN Number” are examples of RAS Syndrome- Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome
x91o TIL in WWII the Russians trained dogs to run under German tanks with bombs on their backs. However, the tanks the dogs were trained to run under were Russian so they ended up running under the Russian tanks and blowing them up instead.
AD6lg TIL White Clover can be used as a tobacco alternative
4keWN TIL While the Confederacy used the strongest cipher available during the Civil War, the Vigenère cipher, the Union consistently cracked it. This was because the Confederates only ever used three key phrases: "Manchester Bluff", "Complete Victory" and, as the war came to a close, "Come Retribution".