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TIL that British WWII codebreakers became so proficient at cracking German messages that it was jokingly said it would've been quicker for a German commander to call Bletchley Park to get his orders

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wL1x8 TIL the fountain pen ink company Noodler's has an ink commemorating the Tiananmen Square Massacre - It's Blood Red
XEdm6 TIL that in Japan people don't sign documents but have personal stamps for documents
yr88 TIL: Islamic countries are one of the top Porn users.
XEQ96 TIL the oldest and at one point most influential British merchant bank was destroyed in 1995 when an employee made a safe bet that stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange wouldn't drop, one day before the Kobe Earthquake.
GAleG TIL the origin of the political terms "left" and "right" originated during the French revolution of 1789 when members of the National Assembly divided into supporters of the Ancien Regime (the king) to the president's right and supporters of the revolution to his left.