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TIL that Cleopatra’s ethnicity and her mom’s identity are actually unknown.

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xAE0 TIL In Ireland, any jokes regarding the potato famine of the 19th Century, should be avoided. Joking about this topic could in many instances cause a similar amount of offense (for example) as joking about the September 11, 2001 attacks would in the United States.
4X0b6 TIL In the German city of Wolfsburg, created for Volkswagen workers, there is a football club owned by Volkswagen, which plays at the Volkswagen stadium and which was coached by a manager called Wolfgang Wolf
aO5J TIL KitKats are considered to be good luck in Japan because the Japanese reading of “KitKat”, “kitto katto”, sounds similar to “kitto katsu”, a phrase which translates to “surely win”
1Re7 TIL Pink has no corresponding wavelength, it’s our brains filling in the gap between ultra violet and infra red light in the color spectrum. Put simply, pink is what you get when you remove the color green from white light.
6EOl TIL bread tie colors have a specific meaning