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TIL that the British used Concentration Camps over 40 years before the Germans

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4bxR TIL that green olives are the same as black olives, but green olives are picked before ripening and black olives are picked while ripe
oYdR TIL that in Thailand, people commonly greet each other with “Have you eaten yet?” in addition to the usual “How are you?”
YpDmB TIL that the man who ordered the grounding of all aircraft in the U.S. on 9/11 was on his first day on the job.
D1Lvp TIL that no ingredient in Hawaiian Pizza originated from Hawaii. The pizza's creation was credited to Sam Panopoulos, a Greek-Canadian who named his invention "Hawaiian" after the brand of canned pineapple he used for it.
RO4a TIL: in 2011, United States business incurred $29 billion dollars in direct costs because of patent trolls.