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TIL Brazil has never been on the losing side of a war.

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9wLED TIL in Germany it is illegal to use the familiar "du" form when addressing a police officer. You must always use the polite "Sie" form of address, and can be fined up to €600 for failing to do so.
kOgYB TIL that a gorge is basically a smaller version of a canyon. The gorge takes its name from the French word for throat or neck.
D19EY TIL decaffeinated coffee was discovered in 1903 by accident by Ludwig Roselius, head of German coffee company Kaffee HAG. One of his shipments got swamped by seawater in transit, leaching out the caffeine but not the flavour. Roselius worked out an industrial method to repeat it.
9DQ7 TIL that from 1952 to 1956, billions of Kent Micronite cigarettes were sold with a filter made from asbestos. The new filter was marketed as “the greatest health protection in cigarette history.”
o96R TIL Germany secretly placed a weather station in Canada during World War 2. It wasn’t discovered until the 70’s.