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TIL that the first country to recognize U.S. independence from Great Britain, in 1777, was Morocco.

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mxVax TIL Files kept secret for 60 years indicate British intelligence may have knowingly sent more than 50 of its own agents to almost certain death in occupied Holland during the Second World War as part of a complicated "double double agent" game played against the Germans.
kJJEm TIL The flag of the East India Company was nearly identical to the original flag adopted during the American Revolution. In fact, there is a theory that this was intentional, as some saw the company as sharing grievances with the American colonies against the British Empire
WkBgX TIL that high HRV measures good health while low HRV measures poor health regarding stress, burnout, and fatigue - it can be useful in measuring stress outside of fitness too
xrmD TIL every American gold or silver medalist in the 100 meter sprint since 1988 was eventually busted for doping.
0wrRv TIL Half of European men share King Tut's DNA (haplogroup R1b1a2) as opposed to less than 1% of modern Egyptians. Its suggested that the common ancestor lived in the Caucasus about 9,500 years ago.