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TIL that in Russia it is illegal to suggest that the USSR and Nazi Germany partitioned Poland in 1939

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WXaB TIL that 10 years ago a 1GB SD card was $500
jdnQ TIL that pencils are yellow because, in the 1890’s, the world’s best pencil graphite came from China. In China, the color yellow is associated with royalty, so American pencil manufacturers started painting their pencils yellow to indicate they contained high-quality Chinese graphite.
0dWeM TIL I learned about Saudade, The feeling of sadness that comes from being nostalgiac and knowing you’re never going to have that experience again.
16kx4 TIL the Spanish pueblo which eventually became modern-day Los Angeles was originally called El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula
WkDRo TIL that Bob Ezrin, the producer of Pink Floyd's The Wall album, was banned from coming to the "Wall tour" shows by Roger Waters — he was angry that Ezrin had leaked the concept of the show to a journalist friend (unintendingly acc. to Ezrin). Ezrin bought his own ticket and went anyway.