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TIL About a third of all fish and seafood eaten around the world is mislabelled. And the amount of fraud being committed is increasing.

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awN10 TIL The Oldest Surviving Mosque in the USA is in Cedar Rapids Iowa
Rv9l TIL Polish composer André Tchaikowsky donated his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company in hopes that it would be used as a prop for the skull of Yorick. In 2008, the skull was used in a series of performances of Hamlet at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
kOMn5 TIL that no military camp, of the Ancient Romans during Caesar's time, fell to the enemy. This was a formidable display of military manpower and remarkable engineering by a highly advanced society. And despite setting up camps every night, they were still able to outmaneuver the gaullic tribes.
xVXa1 TIL that between 2002 and 2014, Norwegian police only fired their weapons 33 times. In 2007, no shots at all were fired.
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