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TIL in contrast to the myth, America didn't cut support to South Vietnam as it still appropriated $700 million in 1975

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a8vX9 TIL that the anthem of the French football club Le Havre AC is sung to the tune of God Save the King to honour its English founders
WeyN TIL there is a ruined city on 100 artificial islands linked with canals in the Pacific Ocean dating back to the 1st Century. Scientists do not know how they were constructed. Local legend says they were built by two sorcerers with the aid of a flying dragon.
gram7 TIL that there is a genetic contribution to cultural differences. There is a relationship between the degree of individualism-collectivism in a population and its gene pool.
Wkx94 TIL that the phrase ''Pushing The Envelope'' is not about the container for letters- but is related to a mathematical graph of aerodynamic performance on which the envelope is the boundary line representing an aircraft's capabilities.
e077g TIL Cough drops used to be made with morphine and heroin.