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TIL that Kinder chocolate is not from Germany rather it's the product of Italian company Ferrero

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VMvw4 TIL, that despite being credited with "discovering America", Columbus never set foot on the continent of North America. The closest he got was Cuba and Puerto Rico.
5PGp TIL there is a reservoir of 145-million-year-old seawater beneath Chesapeake Bay
8eMZL TIL "Donald" is an Old English name that means "ruler of the world"
oBJ4K TIL there’s a stinging plant called the Gympie Gympie that produces a toxin so painful it’s driven humans and animals to suicide. Described as being sprayed with hot acid whilst being electrocuted at the same time. A man was reported to have shot himself after using a leaf as toilet paper.
eZnE TIL oral sex was illegal in Canada… Until it was legalized in 1969.