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TIL Morocco is the United States oldest ally.
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TIL when Max Planck began his studies in Munich in 1874, his physics professor told him to not study physics because it was a mostly fully figured out field of science with little prospect of development and only two unsolved problems.These problems ended up being radioactivity and quantum physics.
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TIL Nazis made common cause with the Nation Of Islam because both believed in segregation
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TIL The first CIA agent killed in the line of duty got killed partly because the American government failed to notify the Tibetan government of their arrival, and partly because he was disguised as a Kazakh, who were on hostile terms with the Tibetans.
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TIL that the filling inside a Ferraro Rocher is in fact, Nutella. Both are made by the same company.
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TIL that the gemstone jet, where the phrase 'jet black' comes from, is actually a form of coal.