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

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b6va4 TIL about the Camondo Stairs in Istanbul, Turkey which were built by Abraham Salomon Camondo in the 1870s. The stairway was constructed as a shortcut for his children to go to school and its hexagonal shape was designed to prevent his children from falling further down the steps in case they fell.
Ee1d TIL Harley Quinn was created for Batman: The Animated Series, and didn’t appear in the comic books until two years later
oB5nL TIL Mozart can reduce seizure frequency in people with epilepsy
LQoWr TIL the Sixth Crusade was mostly conducted through diplomacy and involved very little actual fighting. Jerusalem was ceded to the Crusaders through Treaty of Jaffa (1229). The reaction to the treaty in both the Christian and Muslim worlds was largely negative.
prXN TIL 6 companies control 90% of American broadcast media (FOX, CNN, NBC, WSJ, ABC, etc.)