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TIL in 1919 Winston Churchill wrote “I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes.” He was referring to the war in Mesopotamia

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16kO8 TIL: Pascha is the largest brothel in Europe, having over 120 workers and serves 1000 daily customers. The workers rent a room for 180 Euros/day and negotiate in the halls. Each floor is themed with one for cheap services and another for Trans. It offers a money back guarantee for bad service.
78w7r TIL The founder of Canadian Club whiskey was an American from outside Boston, Massachusetts
jwVE TIL that composer Hans Zimmer has never had any formal music training.
W71aA TIL traditional sushi chefs grate (real) wasabi on shark skin
nWnn9 TIL in about 1.29 million years a star will enter the Solar System’s Oort Cloud, passing less than 1/5th of a light year from the Sun and will be visible to the naked eye.