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TIL that Manipur is known as the Jewel of India.

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oBdwY TIL the quote, "History is written by the victors" is widely misattributed to Winston Churchill and that the sentiment predates him by many years. The pronouncement on the nature of history was voiced earlier by people such as Hermann Göring and the Confederate Congressman George Graham Vest.
YpvBv TIL that the term for the last animal of an entire species is Endling. When an Endling dies, the species is considered extinct.
Aaba TIL that Matt Stone and Trey Parker offer low-profile, non-speaking roles to celebrities and that George Clooney was offered the role of Stan’s dog. He accepted, voicing several very good barks. Jay Leno has also provided the meows for Cartman’s cat.
KYl9B TIL in 1847, Israel Josaphat used pigeons to bypass a gap in telegraph lines to get info from Paris to Berlin faster than the Mail Train. He would later change his name to Paul Reuter and found the eponymous news org
eRv4 TIL that in Pennsylvania, local police are not allowed to use radar guns