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TIL The original name of color orange was Geoluhread and later people started calling it Orange after the fruit.

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MelaB TIL when Japan's first railway was introduced, the USA, France, and the UK bid to build the system, with the UK winning. The railways they set up were left-side running, and that was later adopted by Japanese cars. Today, Japan is one of the only non-Commonwealth countries with left-side driving
BrD4W TIL in Albania, a burrnesha, or sworn virgin, is a woman who takes an vow of chastity and to appear as a man to then be given many of the rights of men including inheriting their family's wealth.
v1Egx TIL that in 2018, Ukraine spent 5-7% of its annual government budget on recovery and cleanup efforts related to the Chernobyl disaster.
d8ymE TIL that Matthew Perry was addicted to painkillers, and revealed that due to his addiction, he doesn't remember filming seasons 3 to 6 of Friends
OGO6 TIL the last time Britain was successfully invaded was 1066.