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TIL that NASA has mapped 100% of Mercury’s Surface

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x6Okg TIL Punch drinks originated from India, and the word punch is a loanword from Hindi पाँच (pāñch), meaning "five", as the drink was frequently made with five ingredients: alcohol, sugar, juice from either a lime or a lemon, water, and spices.
8eg0b TIL that in Japan, condoms were originally made from tortoise shells or animal horns and only covered the head of the penis. Dutch traders later introduced Japan to ones made out of “fine leather.”
VMAk0 TIL that Belgium holds the Guinness world record for the longest period of time needed to form an official government
nWW8G TIL the CIA sent its manual titled "Psychological Operations in Guerrilla War" to Nicaraguan rebels by balloon in March of 1984 during the Nicaraguan Revolution.
wL0jM TIL it wasn't until 1967 that the Australian government gave Australian Aboriginal people citizenship