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TIL that despite being synonymous with blandness, vanilla is one of the most complex spices in the world and the second most expensive, next to Saffron.

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ZpZ8R TIL that NATO translated and distributed 50,000 copies of “The Sneetches” by Dr. Seuss during the Bosnian War to encourage tolerance to children.
BgdJW TIL Sushi was invented in China, not Japan, and was a way of preserving fish in salt.
0wBxN TIL in 2003 when the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington was in a cracked state from weathering, a retired used car salesmen purchased a $31,000 marble slab to donate for its repair. The donation was rejected by Congress in part because it didn’t go through a competitive bidding process.
e04ag TIL about Patrick's Pub and Grill, a bar that's split in half on the border of Georgia and Tennessee. What's even stranger is that the Georgia half is in a "dry county", meaning that any alcohol purchased on the Tennessee side cannot be brought to the Georgia side - all within the same restaurant.
RQG7 TIL a high school teacher wanted to teach his class how the German people accepted Hitler as their leader. So he created a Nazi-like movement at school in just 5 days.