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TIL Cheese is the most stolen food in the world
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TIL that in 550 AD, the Byzantine Emperor sent two monks to China to smuggle silk worms out of there to avoid Persian control over the Silk Road. The monks hid the worms in their walking sticks, and the silk industry they started lasted for 650 years.
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TIL: Hitler never won a majority of the popular vote. The most the Nazis received in a free and fair election was 37% of the popular vote in the July 1932 German federal election.
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TIL that after reading the script to Schindler’s List, composer John Williams said to Spielberg “You need a better composer” to which Spielberg replied “I know, but they’re all dead”.
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TIL that, in 1844, while dignitaries were visiting the USS Princeton, a gun exploded, killing the Secretaries of State and Defense. President Tyler was belowdecks. Afterwards, he carries away the fainted daughter of one of the dead dignitaries. He marries her a few months later, making her First Lad
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TIL Dutch authorities created over 300 little "parks" for bees on top of bus stop shelters in Utrecht; roofs are planted with low-maintenance sedum providing a safe habitat for bees. Over 50% of Netherlands' 358 bee species are endangered. Human commuters get with bamboo benches and LED lighting.