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TIL The Pastry War is the real name of a war fought between France and Mexico, triggered by the alleged damage of a French pastry shop in Mexico

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99vr TIL the word “whiskey” comes from a Gaelic phrase meaning “water of life”
LkAbv Til before British colonization, Persian was the official language of northern India including dynasties such as the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal empire
4XM6o TIL Goldfish have a memory-span of at least three MONTHS, not seconds, and can distinguish between different shapes, colors and sounds. By using positive reinforcement, goldfish can be trained to recognize and to react to light signals of different colors or to perform tricks.
6X9W TIL Finland’s nuclear waste bunker Onkalo is built to last intact till the year 102,120. Work began in the year 2004 and it will be closed in 2120s. This bunker will probably be one of the last remains of humankind on Earth.
0BRy TIL Thomas Paine proposed a “Citizen’s Dividend” upon the principle that the natural world is the common property of all persons so all citizens receive regular payments (dividends) from revenue raised by leasing or taxing the monopoly of valuable land and other natural resources…