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TIL that one of the toys from the "Island of Misfit Toys" suffered from clinical depression because her owner abandoned her which was why she was on the island

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16oQ8 TIL that the Welsh Labour Party holds the longest winning streak of any political party in the democratic world. It has consistently been in the biggest party in Wales at every election since November 1922.
BgvJx TIL the British military nicknamed M3 'Stuart' tanks 'Honey' tanks because they had a smooth ride quality. The Stuart tanks were borrowed from the US during WWII.
0w4oL TIL: Only one commercial entity in America can import Coco Leaves with approval from the DEA, The Stepan Company, after extracting the Cocaine, the leaves are then shipped to Coca Cola to be used as an ingredient in the secret recipe thus making an imitation recipe near impossible.
P151L TIL Puducherry District encompasses all Former French territories - Yanam, Mahe, Karaikal and Pondicherry - that are spread all over South India as exclaves
e9WD TIL that Georgi Dimitrov, accused of conspiring to burn the Reichstag German in 1933, successfully defended himself in trial, including grilling Hermann Göring on the stand