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TIL As gifts for the US Bicentennial in 1976, France showed famous works in US Museums, Britain gifted a golden, jewel-encrusted replica of the Magna Carta, Norway built a Sports Center, Japan built a huge theatre and donated 50 Bonsai Trees. Spain gave two statues. Canada gave them a scrapbook.

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LkGLZ TIL that Spain is only second to Cambodia in forced disappearances, with about 145,000 victims during the Franco dictatorship, and no one has been tried for it, since institutions kept essentially the same officers after democracy was reinstated.
mkZv TIL when corn was first utilized by colonists and Europeans, they ignored the Native American’s process of first treating it with lime-water, which makes available the corn’s niacin to the body. As a result of their dependence on the crop, hundreds of thousands died of Pellagra, a niacin deficiency.
YpbGW TIL fish can be 'right handed.' When hunting or being hunted, fish typically have a side for attack or direction to turn when chased. 'left handed' fish may find themselves separated from the school by a sudden turn when chased by predators.
dMxr TIL that the vast majority (approx. 75%) of the world’s tornadoes occur in the central United States.
6EyMX TIL the official titles of the Pope are: Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the Vatican City State, Servant of the servants of God.