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TIL There is a pub in Ireland that has been in business for over 1,000 years

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ANwYa TIL of ISO 3103, the international standard for brewing a cup of tea
KYbyw TIL the classic board game Risk was invented by Albert Lamorisse, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker.
oBA TIL the most skilled interrogator in Nazi Germany, Hanns-Joachim Schraff, was a sensible, humane man who was never tried for war crimes afterwards, but instead was invited to speak to the US military about his techniques.
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