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TIL in 2020 Ireland’s Supreme Court issued a ruling declaring that the bread served in Subway's hot sandwiches does not actually meet the legal definition of “bread” because of its sugar content

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9Yjem TIL In 2007, China bought the largest copper deposit in Afghanistan for $3 Billion, making it the largest foreign investment in Afghanistan's history. The Chinese company also promised to build proper housing, a railway, a 400-megawatt power plant and a coal mine, none of which have been fulfilled.
P1P1e TIL that every Star Wars movie had the line,"I have a bad feeling about this".
BVoK TIL, according to FBI statistics, violent bank robberies are incredibly rare. In fact, most bank robberies (61%) involve a single person handing the teller a note and then walking out without incident.
LdMr TIL The Chinese title for the film Pretty Woman is “I Will Marry a Prostitute to Save Money”
vgmj TIL if we eliminated all mosquitoes there would be little ecological damage aside from the loss of chocolate, of which mosquitoes are the main pollinator