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nW6lG TIL that the word "boycott" comes from a British landlord's agent in Ireland named Charles Boycott who engaged in shady practices and therefore no one would do business with him.
VB7P0 TIL the Book of Henryków (Księga henrykowska) contains the earliest known sentence written in Polish, dated 1270. Originally intended to document looted belongings during the Mongol invasion of Poland in 1241, the Latin chronicle gradually grew to include the monastery's history.
OEJ1 TIL the Chinese had guns and a firearm that looks like a modern rifle in the 1300s
d8x0K TIL - In Germany there exists the only tree in the world with its own mailing address. The "matchmaking" tree receives about 1,000 letters per year from singles looking for love. Anyone can take letters from the tree and respond. It is estimated the tree is responsible for over 100 marriages.
Oo6Y6 TIL of the 'en viager occupe' system in France, in which the buyer pays a homeowner a fixed monthly sum until the homeowner passes away, then the buyer gets ownership of the house.