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TIL that after the 9/11 attacks, a Maasai village in a remote region of Kenya donated 14 cows to US Diplomats as an expression of sympathy.

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QVPp TIL that “generic” and “specific” are derived from “genus” and “species” and were originally scientific biological terminology
Jr7k TIL that the USPS is a year older than the United States
4V0g TIL that in 1998, Bill Gates earned $1 million per hour (and almost $300 per second).
JYKy4 TIL Germany started using jury trials the Middle Ages, but a constitutional crisis in 1924 led to an emergency decree abolishing juries and replacing them with the mixed system of judges and lay judges that is still used today.
BrlOd TIL Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands, not a formal name for the country.