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xVopb TIL Germany only paid off the last chunk of reparations imposed on it by the Allies after the First World War on 3rd October 2010.
8bV TIL that “preposterous” is essentially Latin for “ass-backwards”
rAx1 TIL When the slaves were freed from the USA, some went back to Africa and promptly enslaved the native africans based on the plantation methods they learnt in the states.
BrKBx TIL that the word ‘quarantine’ comes from 14th century (Venetian dialect) Italian ‘quaranta’ meaning 40, which was the number of days a ship had to stay off shore if suspected to have infections on board. Fitting.
mv5M TIL Earth is the only planet we know of that has techtonic plates.