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TIL for the last 8 years Ukranians have referred to Russia as "Mordor"

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DQ7Vr TIL In June 2009, the government of Greenland, the Naalakkersuisut, made Greenlandic the sole official language of the autonomous territory, to strengthen it in the face of competition from the colonial language, Danish. The main variety is Kalaallisut, or West Greenlandic.
epE4 TIL that the Honest Ed’s dollar store in Toronto keeps two professional sign painters on staff to hand-paint dozens of signs every day to advertise the store’s specials.
EWNo TIL: of Willem Arondeus, a Homosexual Dutch anti-Nazi fighter who bombed the Amsterdam Public Records Office to hinder the Nazi identification of Jews. He was arrested & executed. His last words were, “Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards.”
DAoJ TIL that all of the many self-portraits that Van Gogh is famous for were painted in a span of just 3 years.
loJYK TIL that President Herbert Hoover and his wife were fluent in Chinese (Mandarin), and would use it to speak with each other in public to prevent eavesdropping.