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TIL Toilet paper was invented in China

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gEm7 TIL that despite receiving scholarships from both Harvard and Yale, Nixon declined the offer so that he could manage the family store while his mother took care of his sick brother
9wY87 TIL pepperoni is a variety of salami, and its American.
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