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TIL the Public Broadcast System started producing the kid's game show "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" in 1991 after a National Geographic survey showed 1/4 of Americans couldn't find the USSR or the Pacific Ocean on a world map

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9w6PQ TIL the only copies of the Haitian Declaration of Independence are in the UK's National Archives, Kew. And was only found to be there as recent as 2010 by a student from Duke University.
b6YB9 TIL After William Harvey discovered blood pathways in 1616, people tried to use fluids such as beer, urine, milk, and non-human animal blood as a blood substitute.
0weBR TIL the phrase hocus pocus originated in the Middle Ages from the Latin phrase "hoc est corpus meum" (this is my body) during the sacrament of communion, those who didn't know Latin thought they were saying hocus pocus
eNGJ TIL that IKEA, as it is owned by the not-for-profit INGKA foundation, pays no tax on its profits. In 2009, that was 2.538 billion euros.
PYRgJ TIL Ciabatta bread was created in 1982 by Arnaldo Cavallari, a miller who wanted to give Italy its own bread to stop baguette imports from France that threatened to monopolize the lucrative sandwich market in Italy.