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TIL that two US Presidents were citizens of the confederacy, John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson

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PY4rV TIL that there was an English Shepherd in the 1700s that not only learned basic mathematics, but became highly sought after as a tutor, often spending two or three months at a time in the houses of his "pupils"
6EekX TIL that Jacob Hauugard, a Danish comedian and actor, ran for parliament as a joke and actually won in 1994! Some of his outrageous campaign promises were: Nutella in field rations, more tailwind on bike paths, and better weather. Nutella in field rations was actually implemented.
ebXE TIL when Sparta won the Peloponnesian War, the cities of Corinth and Thebes demanded that Athens should be destroyed and its citizens should be enslaved. Sparta refused, and took Athens into their own system. Athens was “to have the same friends and enemies” as Sparta.
1aW5d TIL that the German parliament building in Berlin called the 'Reichstag Dome' has a glass dome above it that people can walk on. It symbolizes the transparency of the German government and that the people are always above the government.
V9XZ TIL The reason meat & seafood in Chinese food restaurants looks, feels, and tastes different is due to a cooking process called “Velveting” in which the meat & seafood is marinated in corn starch, egg whites, & rice wine, then blanched in oil.