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TIL that the Ostrich-Egg Globe may be the oldest globe, dated 1504, to depict the New World, engraved with immaculate detail on two conjoined halves of ostrich eggs.

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ADQJa TIL in 1999 a study showed that a supermarket sold more French wine when stereotypically French music was played instore. This also worked with German wine/music. Customers later claimed that they were ‘unaware’ of the music’s influence.
D1mMr TIL Ethiopia sent troops to the Korean War as part of the UN Command. Known as the Kagnew Battalions, 3,158 men served, of which 121 were killed and 538 wounded. They were never defeated in battle and not a single soldier surrendered. They were also respected for never leaving their dead behind.
rNdoM TIL that in 1786, 12-year-old Hannah Ocuish - half Black and half Native - became the youngest U.S. person to be executed. She had reportedly beaten a neighbor's 6-year-old to death over a dispute involving some stolen strawberries.
xVOeo TIL about about the 1918 pandemic morbidity: The first wave hit the poor, the second wave hit the rich
R7aQ7 TIL that the Mexican language of Ayapa Zoque has only two native speakers left, and they refuse to talk to each other.