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TIL the world’s first newspaper can be traced to Julius Caesar

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JnKm TIL that until 1936, Liechtenstein and Haiti were unknowingly using the same flag, and they didn’t find out until they competed against each other in the Olympics
4kNY6 TIL the term 'Gypsy' for Romani people likely arose from perception that they were 'Egyptians', evidence suggests most Romani originally came from India
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