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TIL Alitalia, an Italian airline, had only one year of profit between founding in 1941 and demise in 2021

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Adxd TIL there is a fake village devoid of human life on the southern border of North Korea. It is known as a “Propaganda Village” and was used as a decoy to lure South Korean defectors
yVGjv TIL that sparkling water was invented by Joseph Priestly, who also discovered oxygen; he speculated that CO₂ might treat gastrointestinal infection (taken rectally) and even cancer
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EBXp TIL Unlike many other big cats, snow leopards are not aggressive towards humans. There has never been a verified snow leopard attack on a human being.
VMGO0 TIL that the 3rd Plague Pandemic (yersinia pestis) officially ended in 1959.