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TIL Russia didn't consider beer to be alcohol until 2011. It was previously classified as a soft drink.

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D11Xg TIL that nearly half of all Vietnamese people have the same last name, making it almost impossible to trace an individual's heritage further than one or two generations
D1rdp TIL Mao Zedong's English interpreter Ji Chaozhu moved to New York in 1939 at age 9, to avoid the war and spent a year at Harvard before returning to China in 1950. He worshipped Mao and remember the Chairman as “serene,” “regal,” and “mentally far away, at peace.”
KOeVB TIL of the Sloot Digital Coding System which allegedly could compress a whole movie to 8kb, but the creator died before releasing the code and only parts of it have been recovered
Ap74 TIL according to Cynthia Lennon - John’s first wife - in regards to child support and the divorce settlement he said: “My final offer is seventy-five thousand pounds. That’s like winning the pools (lottery), so what are you moaning about? You’re not worth any more.”
bnD7 TIL that every year in the greek town of Vrontados, two rival church congregations perform a “Rocket War” by firing tens of thousands of home-made rockets across town, with the objective of hitting the bell tower of the church of the other side.