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TIL for a brief period of time New York City was named New Orange

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lodpA TIL after the 2011 earthquake in Japan, members of the yakuza gathered supplies and gave food to the victims. Some even opened their offices to people who couldn't return home. Some people felt like their response was much quicker and efficient than that of the government.
xve7 TIL that 20,000 bibles were once donated from the US to Romania. The Romanian government pulped most of them and turned them into toilet paper.
Bgdpd TIL when Marco Polo visited Tibet in the 1270s, he would sometimes be courted by 20 or 30 unmarried women who sought to do pleasure with as many men as possible and receive at least 20 tokens as proof of being desirable for marriage. He wrote “what a fine country that is for young fellows to go to!”
6bdY TIL: The Canadian Flag is only 50 years old.
ANQPd TIL: My inability to smell Freesias in genetic