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TIL that there is indeed an English word rhyming with silver: chilver, meaning a female lamb

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rjoy TIL that authentic Mongolian cuisine is mutton, mutton, and more mutton. (A “Mongolian barbecue” is neither Mongolian nor BBQ.) It is so monotonous that one travel author wrote “in 33 years of international travel [Mongolia] has without question the most pitiful food of any country I have visited”.
xVanB TIL that by 1991, the air in Mexico City had become so contaminated with fecal dust from humans that it was possible to contract hepatitis by simply breathing outdoors
yQlJa TIL of Arnold Rothstein, the most powerful of the Jewish gangsters, AKA The Brain. He was strongly believed to have fixed the 1919 World Series, and was the first to import scotch during Prohibition. He is believed to be the one who transformed disorganized crime into a business.
9Y6xD TIL that the Eiffel Tower was originally supposed to be in Barcelona but the city thought it would look like an eyesore so Gustave Eiffel was forced to repitch the project elsewhere.
OrQX TIL Leonardo Da Vinci’s last words were: “I have offended God and mankind. My work did not reach the quality it should have.”