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TIL Harvard once spent$ 100M on vineyards

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e0XA5 TIL Bulgaria ended up at war with everyone in 1944 by accident. Bulgaria declared war on Germany due to Soviet pressure, not knowing that the Soviets, tired of waiting, declared war on Bulgaria the same day. By the next day Bulgaria was at war with the USSR, US, UK and Germany all at the same time.
XdWr TIL it took a judge’s ruling to settle an argument whether Snuggies are blankets or clothes (Because blankets and clothes are taxed differently)
Y1EG TIL Lego designed the holes in minifigure heads to allow kids to keep breathing if they become stuck in their throat
nXo9 TIL a wasp lays eggs inside a spider which remains alive, and the larva brainwashes it into weaving the foundations of a cocoon. The zombified spider is then the larva’s first feast.
JY5oQ TIL that in 1986, Belgrade, then capital of SFR Yugoslavia, came in 4th in the selection of the host of 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona. Only 6 years later, during these olympics, athletes from the FR Yugoslavia were not allowed to participate due to United Nations sanctions.