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TIL: San Pellegrino is naturally carbonated from the moment it comes out of the ground

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wYNo TIL the most leaves ever found on a single clover is 56
1aGg4 TIL during Napoleon's return from Elba, a Parisian paper printed headlines along the lines of: "Mar 9: The Monster has left his den. Mar 10: The Ogre has landed. Mar 13: The Tyrant has passed through Lyon. Mar 22: Yesterday evening His Majesty the Emperor made his entry and arrived at Paris."
d8dnr TIL that Persian rugs have an imperfection by design in them, because of the belief that only Allah can make perfection
6Exlw TIL there is a Japanese village that hunts, raises and eats Wasps. They hold an annual festival, the Kushihara Hebo Matsuri, where people compete on 'Heaviest Wasp Nest'.
Woy4 TIL Japan has over 50,000 people that are over 100 years old