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TIL that Lebanon made a massive bowl of hummus to get into the Guiness Book of World Records just so people around the world can recognise that hummus is from Lebanon

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6aYm TIL that the amount of plastic bags used in Holland has reduced by more than 70% since in 2016 a new law banned all retailers and restaurants to give them for free.
n8Z7 TIL Sandra Bullock is fluent in German
Qwok TIL The French government forced Madame Tussaud to make models of her friends’ decapitated heads
bxoE TIL that CVS took a $2 billion hit to annual sales when it quit carrying tobacco.
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