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TIL in 2014, the Association of Shinto Shrines opened a Shinto shrine in Serravale, San Marino. It was financed through the sale of gold coins. It is one of two Shinto shrines built in Europe.

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vPOKj TIL the "milk" tea at boba / bubble tea shops is traditionally made with non-dairy creamer
d8bv7 TIL growing almonds in California takes more than half of the commercial honeybees in the US, meaning they have to be temporarily shipped in from almost every other state.
LpOQ TIL that derived from the Greek, the word ‘utopia’ literally means 'nowhere’.
VMXeB TIL in the 13th century, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II took two infants, raised them apart only to be suckled by nurses and not to be communicated with in attempt to see what the natural language of humans was (Hebrew or the language of their parents). However, the children died of neglect.
QNZ76 TIL: Sir Edward Grey, who famously said at the beginning of WWI "The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime" went almost blind during the war.