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TIL Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates

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e0a5L TIL that the man who founded the world-famous Sriracha, David Tran, came up with his own recipe of the original Sriracha sauce which was originally from Thailand by the company called Sriracha Panich. The man did not trademark the recipe which lead to its widespread releases from major companies.
7r1QP TIL Antarctica doesn't have any permanent citizens and has no indigenous population. Only 11 children are known to have been to be born there.
XEgRP TIL of Poto and Cabengo, two girls who were emotionally neglected by their family from birth and invented their own language as a result.
LQ5rm TIL the final battle of the Revolutionary War was fought in Cuddalore, India between Britain and France. The war had actually formally ended via treaty six months prior, but the news didn’t reach India until June 29, 1783 when a British ship showed up in the midst of the battle waving a white flag.
8MPa TIL Patrick Stewart lost his hair at 18 due to alopecia