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TIL: Americans call a knob of butter "a stick" of butter.

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X0oND TIL of the Manila Massacre during WWII when Japanese troops conducted mop-up operations in Manila, killing over 54,000 Filipinos, including children. Pregnant women had their bellies ripped open and fleeing civilians were executed.
O6Mg TIL “Coffee is the second most valuable commodity exported from developing countries, petroleum being the first”
ANY5x TIL Louis Armstrong loved food so much that he sometimes signed his letters "Soul Foodly Yours." and more often: "Red Beans & Ricely Yours,"
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