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TIL about the siege of Numantia in 143 BCE. The Romans surrounded an Iberian city. The citizens chose to commit collective suicide rather than become Roman slaves.

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mg7y TIL of Coffee Flour. Made from Coffee cherries, the discarded fruit surrounding the coffee bean. Gluten free, high in fibre and protein, and produced from a source which is currently being discarded at a rate around 75% of production.
5Vl58 TIL Kintsugi is the art of mending broken dishes with gold.
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