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TIL that chickens are actually native to Southeast Asia and Southwest China; they were brought around the world by trading.

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b9Bxa TIL Nazi spies tried infiltrating Russia in WW2 using fake passports; the passports were recognized as fraud because Russian passports use iron staples that stain the pages with rust, while Nazis used steel. During the Cold War, American spies made the same mistake
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