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TIL that there is a company called Potato Semiconductors that produces “Potato Chips”

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XJy8 TIL Prospective immigrants, even spouses of citizens, are required at pass a language test in Germany before they’re allowed to enter the country.
VBKyQ Today I learned about the battle of Wabash, aka the battle of a thousand slain, considered one of the worst defeats in US military history in which 1400 Army troops faced 1100 Native Americans resulting in 21 Native American deaths and almost 700 American deaths
0xXj TIL Liam Neeson was fired from his teaching job after punching a 15-year-old student who pulled a knife on him.
EKjx TIL that the Romans believed that ‘genius’ was a divine entity, and that artistic works are the result of 'having a genius’. The more humanistic concept of 'being a genius’ was introduced during the Renaissance.
9ZEM TIL New Zealand soldiers carved a gigantic Kiwi into the side of a hill in England right after WWI. It’s still visible today.