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TIL on visit to Poland in 1977, president Jimmy Carter words were mistranslated as him wanting to "get to know the Poles carnally".

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RPg6 TIL a creationist used the shape and appearance of the banana as proof of intelligent design. He later retracted his statements upon learning that bananas are a result of artificial selection by humans.
AD6vn TIL In 1608, English writer Thomas Coryat wrote a book detailing his five months’ travel through Europe in which he described, among other things, use of the table fork as an eating utensil. He also introduced “umbrella” into English after noticing Italians shielding themselves from the sun.
b9arZ TIL Ben Franklin wrote an essay begging scientists to invent farts that smell like perfume.
XEg7P TIL of Didier Delsalle who is the only person to have landed a helicopter on the summit of Mount Everest.
OoVWY TIL that attacking parachutists from an aircraft in distress is a war crime