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TIL All domesticated hamsters are descendents from a single brother sister pair that was found in Aleppo. They were bred in Jerusalem by a guy named Israel.

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EZ1p TIL A Gurkha Soldier of the Indian Army single handedly fought off 40 armed bandits with his knife killing 3 and injuring 8 to save a girl from getting raped during a train robbery in India
M7RQb TIL Australia has the longest continually producing shiraz vines in the world.
1aJr TIL Because of his left-wing political beliefs, the U.S. Army denied Einstein the security clearances he needed to be a part of the Manhattan Project.
kON9E TIL Garth Brooks holds the record for having the most diamond-certified records, having 9 of them - more than Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd put together.
P1kZn TIL that during the 1908 London Olympics, the United Kingdom ordered every country to dip its flag in honor of King Edward VII. All except the United States did so, with the American flag bearer stating, "This flag dips to no earthly king."