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TIL in the Serbian flag, the white represents mother’s milk feeding strong Serbian children.

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LkJkv TIL that in 1938, a man in prison trained a cockroach to smuggle him cigarettes. He was later released because the warden said "a man who can train a cockroach doesn't belong in prison".
69A9Q TIL that during World War II, publication of the Michelin Guide was suspended. In 1944, at the request of the Allied Forces, the 1939 guide to France was specially reprinted for military use; its maps were judged the best and most up-to-date available.
x68wB TIL Girolamo Segato was an Italian archeologist who invented a technique to artificially petrify, or mineralize, human corpses. He destroyed all his notes before his death and his technique has never been replicated.
M5VB TIL there is a Canadian island that has four native languages: Micmac, Scottish Gaelic, and distinct local French and English dialects.
WNbB TIL that in the 19th century when Napoleon III invited the King Siam to a dinner, he gave himself Gold Cutlery, his troops Silver & the King of Siam Aluminium. This was no insult but an honour, aluminium was the most valuable metal on the planet. Today, aluminium is $1,800 a ton. Gold is $50 million