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TIL that pugs were breed in china so that the wrinkles on there foreheads would resemble chinese letters meaning “prince”

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4kPlN TIL Francesco Guicciardini, a 16th century historian and right-hand man of Pope Clement VII once wrote in his journal "three things i'd willingly see before i die: a well ordered republic in my native Florence, the barbarian invaders driven from Italy and the world freed from the rascal priests"
N7nxN TIL There are 6 languages OF the UN
9Ynrm TIL in 1979 the company Shell pressed a release of The Beatles' album Help! with the Shell logo added on the cover and gave the records to their managers and staff.
6EryJ TIL: The top 10% of American drinkers consume nearly 60% of all alcohol sold - averaging 74 drinks per week.
PY64O TIL: Scientists found microbes buried beneath the sea floor that divide once every 10,000 years and are as much as 100 million years old.