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TIL that Luxembourg’s education system is trilingual: the first years of primary school are in Luxembourgish, before changing to German, while in secondary school, the language of instruction changes to French.

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epKRb TIL about Abbess Mariam Soulakiotis or "Mother Rasputin", who was a serial killer active from (1939-1950) she would starve, beat, and condemn victims to tuberculosis-ridden cells. Authorities first arrested her for export of olive oil to Cyprus and the import of tires. Her victim total was 27-177.
gMLnX TIL - "Peace of Westphalia", signed on 24th October 1648, was the first international congress atended by almost all European leaders, ending a 30 and 80 y/o war in former Europe, beginning of the new peace order upheld until today.
Z8wnv TIL The bezel on a dive watch only turns counterclockwise so that if the bezel is bumped accidentally during a dive it will only move in one direction, subtracting time from the dive and prompting the diver to surface early rather than staying under for too long.
w958 TIL sporting goods company Wilson was started in 1913 as a way to use animal by-products from New York slaughterhouses. Its first products were strings for tennis rackets and violins
4Rdb TIL that Greek statues have small penises because large ones were considered “grotesque”