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TIL the official Senate document used to declare war on Germany in WWII was the same one used for Japan with Germany just penciled in.

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neRbr TIL that milk goes so well with cookies because milk has the sixth basic taste called "oleogustus", or fat taste, which changes the overall sensory profile of sweet desserts.
l7MV5 TIL that Archimedes of the 3rd century BC calculated the universe’s diameter to be what is now 2-light years in astronomy and discovered the law of exponent while trying to name numbers that are significantly higher than 10,000^2 (myriad myriads)
nrgB TIL There is a tribe in India that has passed down for generations the art of manipulating tree roots to create a system of “living” bridges.
mxKdv TIL there is a controversial murder defence called the 'rough sex murder defence', or '50 Shades defence', which asserts that the victim consented or even demanded sexual practices that led to the homicide.
mxp0v TIL about Mexican singer Chalino Sanchez receiving a death threat telling him to stop singing at his last concert on May 15, 1992, but continued singing despite the warning. He was killed later that night in Culiacan, Sinaloa.