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TIL that every German household pays around $20/month to finance an independent and objective news network - free from political and private influence

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EgRkx TIL British Military scientists sent hundreds of Indian soldiers into gas chambers and exposed them to mustard gas
QnaM TIL that many golf courses that host professional tournaments, I.E. Augusta National, have an underground vacuum drainage system to remove water from their golf greens.
epR4L TIL that the United States has had at least one Nobel prize winner every year since 1936
QNBde TIL that Sudoku was invented in the USA in 1979, by Howard Garns, under the name "Number Place". Similar puzzles existed in late 1800s France. It only reached Japan in 1984, from where it got its current name and later worldwide popularity.
woM8P TIL in 1048 Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia seduced his son Ningling Ge's wife, lady Muoyi & conferred upon her a title of Empress. Then after he was told to kill his dad, Ge broke into his father's chambers but only managed to cut off his nose. However, his dad succumbed to the wounds 2 days later.