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TIL that Italy and Japan are still at war

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PY6vJ TIL despite the stereotype linking them to Switzerland, Cuckoo Clocks were actually invented and popularised in Germany
mvop TIL that every human’s DNA is 99.9% the same, and that the last 0.01% is enough to identify different DNA sequences (and tell what DNA belongs to who)
xnn1 TIL: Pixar spent three years studying the physics of curly hair in order to correctly render Merida’s hair in “Brave”.
QJD8X TIL that Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece is the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble. Additionally, it had a greater capacity (50 000) in 144 AD than today (45 000)
9V77 TIL The “Soapmaker of Correggio” made soap out of her human victims by boiling them in caustic soda. 1938-41