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DQpNj TIL that the American Chinese dish “General Tso’s Chicken” is named after Zuo Zongtang, a famed 19th century military leader who helped suppress three different rebellions. However, the chicken dish was invented in New York in the 1970s.
gMPvW TIL the phrase “The First World War” was used as early as 1918, by a journalist who felt it would not be the last.
njYY TIL Vultures and Condors are not actually closely related, but superficially similar only due to convergent evolution.
nPQ7 TIL The son of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who was once the brand ambassador, was dismissed from company board meetings after he spoke out against Playboy’s current leadership and its non-nude magazine restructuring
X9AQ TIL Venezuela has more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia but produces less than a forth of what Saudi produces per year.