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TIL about KidZania, an international theme park chain where children simulate being adults, including working at jobs such as manufacturing branded items in exchange for fake money

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WkRGA TIL there is a small village in Switzerland called "Chäs und Brot" (Cheese and Bread) . It's got its name in 1339, after Bernese troops ate cheese and bread there the evening before the battle of Laupen. The next day, they won decisively against the Burgundian army.
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