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TIL that Canada and Mexico are more ethnically diverse than the United States

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QJAE9 TIL that the Cuban-American Treaty of Relations (1903) states that the US is allowed to use the land surrounding Guantanamo Bay for coaling or naval stations only. The detention camp is seen as a violation of the treaty.
N7gEQ TIL that penguin prostitutes have sex with unattached males and take a pebble from the male's nest after having sex
J1Qgk TIL Dollar comes from the Dutch "Daalder" and was imported by the Spanish & the $ comes from the F of Florence, Italy, where the bills were printed. (Read the article, it is really interesting)
78pZr TIL a few months before his death in 1896, Alfred Nobel was prescribed nitroglycerin for this heart condition.
9D7Q TIL the Nazis considered Native Americans to be part of the Aryan race.