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TIL that Rome is the only city in the world that hosts both the embassy of China (PRC) and the embassy of Taiwan (ROC) and this is because Italy recognises PRC while Vatican recognises ROC.

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WkG48 TIL In Afghanistan they make beautiful carpets that depict the decades of wars and violence the country has gone through. Instead of traditional motives, these rugs show drones, tanks and guns and began after the Soviet invasion in the 1980s, continuing after the NATO-invasion in the 2000s.
8eGNZ TIL Romanian is a romance language, along with Latin, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
REx1 TIL a solar storm like the Carrington Event in 1859 would cause devastation to world electronics if it happened today.
VEDD TIL that 30 years ago, you could buy a Lifetime, Unlimited First-class Travel pass with American Airlines and now they’re Regretting it.
Yn4G TIL A Frenchwoman, Jeanne de Clisson, became a pirate in the 1300’s for revenge after her husband was beheaded. Selling her lands to buy 3 ships, they were painted black with red sails. Hunting French ships, when she caught nobles, she personally beheaded them with an axe.