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TIL that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has its own dialect of English called Pittsburghese.

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9wk7Q TIL tomb raiding is a big problem in China that looters sometimes find historically significant sites first. For instance the tomb of the famed 3 Kingdoms-era general, Cao Cao, was discovered in 2008 after police inspected the stolen goods of a bunch of robbers, who then led them to an unknown tomb.
p6yN TIL: Dwight Eisenhower smoked 4 packs a day, but quit cold turkey and never smoked again after being advised to quit. He attributed his success to developing a scornful attitude toward smokers who couldn’t quit, saying, “I nursed to the utmost my ability to sneer at them.”
X0nEQ TIL that barely contacted North Sentinelese Island is only 50km from the South Andaman Island, which has a Population of over 200.000
GAY1J TIL that no Prime Minister in the 75 year history of Pakistan has completed their full term of 5 years in office.
8aNea TIL The characterization of Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars saga as an ambitious and ruthless politician dismantling a democratic republic to achieve supreme power is in part inspired by Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Adolf Hitler. Other elements of the character come from Richard Nixon.