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TIL there’s a shotgun shell that plants flowers.

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b6ZGN TIL that the invention of bicycles was fundamental to the early women's liberation movement. Bicycles promised freedom to women long accustomed to relying on men for transportation. It was also the main reason corsets and long skirts fell out of fashion in the early 20th century.
a8ol9 TIL In 2016 Ninjas launched the Pool War within the Republic of the Congo
69Djw TIL the "Second Thirty Years' War" is a periodization scheme sometimes used to encompass the wars in Europe from 1914 to 1945. The thesis of the Second Thirty Years' War is that WWI naturally led to WWII; both Charles de Gaulle and Churchill popularized this periodization immediately after WWII
mv5M TIL Earth is the only planet we know of that has techtonic plates.
epeNL TIL Despite having possessed four colonies in Africa, Italy teaches its language in only one Eritrean school