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TIL The giant Spanish wine corporation Codorníu, has permits in place right now to clear-cut the coveted California coastal redwood forest and grade the soils to construct a sprawling vineyard, roads, and reservoirs in their place.

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xVXA0 TIL Jackie Chan's 'Rumble in the Bronx' is glaringly and hilariously not shot anywhere near NYC. In fact Chan stopped trying to disguise the Vancouver location altogether about half way thru the film saying people really only wanted to watch action and didn't care if there were mountains in NYC
p8bwp TIL of Francis Salvador – elected to South Carolina’s Provincial Congress in 1774, he’s considered the first member of the Jewish faith to hold elective office in America. Killed in a joint Loyalist/Cherokee ambush in 1776, he became the first Jewish soldier to die for the Patriot cause.
kOMn5 TIL that no military camp, of the Ancient Romans during Caesar's time, fell to the enemy. This was a formidable display of military manpower and remarkable engineering by a highly advanced society. And despite setting up camps every night, they were still able to outmaneuver the gaullic tribes.
NXgMN TIL of the 21 demands. Demands made during WW1 from Japan to China which effectively puppets it. China leaked it to the US and UK who pressured successfully for Japan to drop the most extreme demand.
OGML4 TIL the Köçek were young male slaves or Romani dancers who usually cross-dressed in feminine attire and were employed as entertainers in the Ottoman Empire during the 17th Century. Men were known to fight and occasionally kill for the opportunity to have sexual intercourse with them.