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TIL Despite having possessed four colonies in Africa, Italy teaches its language in only one Eritrean school

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kOaE1 TIL of Sessue Hayakawa, a Japanese actor who was one of the biggest stars in 1910s Hollywood while being an early sex symbol. After growing tired of playing stereotyped roles he created his own production company, helping improve public opinion on Asians, while making a staggering $2 million a year.
go64 Til Japanese researchers have devised a method of decoding dreams that can accurately tell what the patient had been dreaming about.
vGWR TIL John Quincy Adams was elected the 6th President of the United States despite losing both the popular and electoral vote. No one won the majority, so the election went to the House of Representatives, where Adams had more friends than his competition.
OW9a TIL of a guy who made a chicken sandwich literally from scratch – he grew a garden, harvested wheat, slaughtered a chicken, travelled to boil ocean water for salt, etc – it took him 6 months and cost him $1,500. He didn’t think it tasted very good.
a8MMb TIL that the actor Harold Ramis avoided going to the Vietnam war by taking meth before his physical exam