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TIL Girl Scout cookies can have different names depending on which bakery the scout purchases their stock from

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4KZX TIL dictator Robert Mugabe tried to stop a critic of Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation by levying ridiculous taxes on his newspaper; the writer retaliated with advertisements printed on trillion-dollar-bills, which was cheaper than actual paper.
VBGDZ Today I learned that cockroaches were used to make medicine and makeup in ancient china
p8lYQ TIL that Afghani women are not entitled to personal names outside the confines of their homes. Nor are they allowed any record of their existence - anywhere - that uses a name, not even their tombstones.
awxYL TIL: Sailors in the Royal Navy would receive a measure of grog (1 part rum, 2 parts water) everyday. The glasses they used were then washed on the outside, but never washed inside, in the belief that residue of past grogs would stick to the side of the glass and make the next grog even stronger!
R76xw TIL that the CDC is based in Atlanta because it was started to fight malaria in the South. It did this by spraying homes (inside and outside) with DDT and draining wetlands. Starting in 1946, malaria was eradicated in the US by 1951.