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TIL the Japanese word "Matchpump" マッチポンプ means "Stirring up trouble to get credit from the solution."

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kJByd TIL the Mediterranean Sea went into a cycle of partial or near complete drying-up from 5.96 to 5.33 million years ago, when the precursor of the Strait of Gibraltar closed off sealing the Sea off from the Atlantic Ocean. The period ended with a flood when the Atlantic reclaimed the basin.
xN8B TIL every year Louis Vuitton burns all their left over handbags and accessories to preserve the high-class nature of the brand and it’s value
R7WkQ TIL What was once the great city of Constantinople is now just a small district within the city of Istanbul.
alx9 TIL; there have been at least 9 confirmed political assassinations in the United States since 2000
XErb6 TIL that Léo Taxil, the journalist that "exposed" Freemasons as Satanists, admitted that it was an elaborate hoax over 12 years later. He once said, "I thought everybody would see the joke and give me credit for originating a new line of humor, but my readers wouldn't have it so."