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TIL that Reporters without Borders considers the UK an “enemy of the internet”

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pgyp TIL that rice fields are flooded primarily for weed control, not because it provides optimal growing conditions for the rice plants, as I had always presumed.
LLmd TIL that Stockholm, capital of Sweden, is built on 14 islands, and that the city centre is “virtually situated on the water”.
NKeb TIL the Toyota War was the end phase of the Libyan-Chadian war where the Chadian army and its Toyota pickups destroyed 92 T-55 battle tanks, 33 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, and 784 soldiers while only losing 18 men and three trucks.
ZY4G TIL the dialogue spoken by the Elite in Halo: Combat Evolved was made by reversing and slowing sound clips of Sergeant Johnson. The most common phrase: “Wort! Wort! Wort!” is the reversed phrase, “Go! Go! Go!”.
xVJMo TIL: German Chocolate Cake was named after English-American chocolate maker named Samuel German; Not the Country of Germany.