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TIL How Vegan Leather Is Made From Mangoes

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E1Yod TIL Anne Frank has a tampon named after her in Japan, and because the enthusiasm she displayed in her diary about getting her first period shattered a cultural taboo, the Japanese refer to a woman's first day of menstruation as “Anne’s Day”.
m1dmp TIL that the idea of Napoleon losing all his troops to the "Russian Winter" is a misconception. He actually lost the majority to the "Russian Summer", due to disease, starvation, heat exhaustion, desertion, and suicide. He launched his invasion in June and within two months had lost half of his men.
0d5Bv TIL In the 1950s Turkey (a member since 1949) rejected a Council of Europe proposal for a flag with a cross in golden circle over blue, citing religious concerns, despite suggestions to add a crescent to address Muslim objections. The circle of stars was adopted instead
9PRm TIL that the Colonel-In-Chief of the Norwegian Royal Guard is a penguin
VBjxk TIL in 1879 when the phone was becoming widespread and everyone was assigned phone numbers to make it easier for phone operators, the Bell Telephone company was initially worried that people might take offense to being reduced to a "number"