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TIL that Roald Dahl wrote ‘The Twits’ because he hated beards and wanted to “do something against [them]”

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yQxdV TIL that Yellow River (Huang He) in China had shifted its course in 1855 when the river breaches its northern levees, causing the river mouth to be shifted hundreds of kilometres, from Yellow Sea south of Shandong Peninsula, to Bohai Sea, north of Shandong Peninsula.
ADeWl TIL many brands of "ice cream" (such as Breyer's and Dreyer's) sold in the US is technically NOT ice cream, but is labeled as a "frozen dairy dessert" as they do not contain an adequate amount of milk fat (10%) to actually be considered true "Ice Cream"
4Dr6 TIL Mexico is named after its capital Mexico City, not the other way around
X0Amj TIL that after Harry Houdini casually boasted about his toughness, an acquaintance punched him in the stomach repeatedly. Two days later, he was hospitalized with extreme stomach pain due to appendicitis and died not long after.
ogRo TIL The Russian Civil War was so intense, their alphabet lost 4 letters by the end.